Malaysian PM’s Tenure Uncertain Following Finance Scandal

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak is battling against calls for his resignation over a $700 million financial scandal. Weekend rallies calling for his ouster drew as many as 200,000 people protesting in Kuala Lumpur. Analysts are divided over whether the prime minister can hang on to power. Allegations of corruption The trouble for Prime Minister Najib Razak started in July with media reports alleging that a state development fund that he had set up had channelled $700 million in...

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