A combination photo of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (left) and former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad (right) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan 25, 2016 and March 30, 2017. (Reuters photo)KUALA LUMPUR: Vicious mud-slinging, allegations of voter fraud and sabotage have marred a hard-fought campaign for Malaysian elections on Wednesday, in which scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak will take on a heavyweight ex-leader. "This is the most unpredictable general election in Malaysia for years," Yang Razali Kassim, a Malaysia expert from the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, told AFP. Billions of dollars were allegedly looted from 1MDB, set up by Najib, in a sophisticated money-laundering scheme. "The corruption in BN is too much," Noorkhallaf Noorazlan, 30, told AFP at an opposition rally in Kuala Lumpur.

Source: Bangkok Post May 07, 2018 02:15 UTC