KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA—Malaysian student activists led a rally Saturday to demand the arrest of Prime Minister Najib Razak, who has been implicated in a U.S. government probe into massive fraud in a Malaysian investment fund. More than 1,000 people defied a police ban as they congregated at two locations in Kuala Lumpur and marched to historic Independence Square. They held posters and caricatures of Najib, with some chanting “Catch, catch Najib.”The U.S. Department of Justice said last month that at least $3.5 billion ($4.6 billion Cdn.) It said in court filings that more than $700 million had landed in the accounts of “Malaysian Official 1.” It didn’t name the official, but appeared to be referring to Najib. “Can we send MO1 to jail and bring that person to face justice?” student leader Anis Syafiqah Mohamad Yusof said at the rally.

Source: thestar August 27, 2016 15:22 UTC