Malaysia: Najib’s Verdicts Spells Judicial Change – OpEd

By Björn Dressel*

On 23 August 2022, Malaysia’s top court unanimously made Najib Razak the first former Malaysian prime minister to be jailed. It upheld his graft conviction and the 12-year jail sentence for looting investments from Malaysia’s 1MDB state fund.

The verdict concludes four years of legal manoeuvrings,...