Prosecutors charged the editor of Malaysia's leading independent current-affairs website with violating a communications law on Friday over the airing of a news video related to corruption allegations against the prime minister.
Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday threw his weight behind a massive rally planned for this weekend to demand that scandal-tainted Prime Minister Najib Razak resign.
Bitter foes Mahathir Mohamad and his estranged protégé Anwar Ibrahim met for the first time in 18 years on Monday, underscoring shifting political alliances caused by a corruption scandal plaguing Malaysia's current leader.
A Malaysian cabinet minister has admitted that Prime Minister Najib Razak was the mysterious unnamed official who the US Justice Department said took part in rampant looting of state funds.
Malaysia appointed a new chief of its anti-graft agency on Friday, replacing a previous head who stepped down two years before his term ended amid a high-profile graft investigation linked to Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Singapore revealed Thursday it had seized nearly $180 million in assets through its investigations into suspected fraud and money-laundering related to scandal-tainted Malaysian state fund 1MDB.
Search teams on Friday recovered the body of a Malaysian deputy minister in the Borneo island state of Sarawak near where a helicopter carrying her and five others is believed to have crashed, officials said.
Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad filed a suit against scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak, alleging corruption and abuse of power, his law firm said.
Two Australian journalists were detained and have been barred from leaving Malaysia after they tried to "aggressively" question Prime Minister Najib Razak about a corruption scandal, police said.
Leaders from across Malaysia's political spectrum joined forces Friday to call for the removal of scandal-hit premier Najib Razak, in a sharp escalation of a festering corruption crisis.
Malaysia's former premier Mahathir Mohamad said he is quitting the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party, as it is being seen as "supporting corruption" under Prime Minister Najib Razak's leadership.
Singapore has seized a large number of bank accounts in recent months as part of an investigation into possible money-laundering linked to Malaysian state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
