News about 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 15): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today filed a motion for the Auditor General (AG) and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to reopen a detailed investigation on the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal in Dewan Rakyat.

SINGAPORE (August 14): An aircraft linked to an investigation into 1MDB is parked at the city-state's Seletar Airport, said Singapore police today, according to Reuters.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 14): The seizure of the controversy-laden yacht Equanimity was in accordance with prescribed laws and therefore legally valid, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong.

TANJUNG MALIM (Aug 12): Several government agencies took part in a meeting yesterday to coordinate security control on the luxurious yacht Equanimity.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): Fugitive financier Jho Low has fired back via a spokesperson in response to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that the US has proven its case against Equanimity (Cayman) Ltd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): Mohamad Fuzi was accompanying Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad during an inspection of the luxury yacht, Equanimity, which had docked at the Boustead Cruise Centre Terminal, Port Klang.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): It is currently the most famous ship in Malaysia, The Equanimity (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): The high profile trial of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) has been fixed for 43 days over two separate sessions in February and March next year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown disputed Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's argument that a gag order is necessary to ensure his fair trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): Attorney-General Tommy Thomas has defended the appointment of Sitpah Selvaratnam, a senior shipping and maritime lawyer in his former law firm, to handle the government's claim of Equanimity, a RM1 billion super yacht that was bought using funds allegedly siphoned from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).