KUALA LUMPUR—A Malaysian court convicted an opposition lawmaker and sentenced him to 18 months in prison for breaking the country’s secrecy law in a case tied to the country’s beleaguered state investment fund. The government accused the lawmaker, Rafizi Ramli, of holding a page from a classified report on the fund, 1Malaysia Development Bhd. and releasing its contents to the media. Mr. Rafizi denied both charges and appealed the...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 14, 2016 09:29 UTC