Malaysia has started investigating about 80 individuals and entities for allegedly receiving money from 1MDB under investigation for bribery and money laundering, the anti-graft head of the country said on Monday.
Latheefa Koya, head of the Anti-Corruption Commission in Malaysia, told reporters that the agency’s aim was to recover 420 million ringgit ($100 million) from individuals and entities.
Nazir Razak, former CIMB chairman and former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s son, and Shahrir Abdul Samad, former Felda chairman of state palm oil company, are among the individuals.