Four months after receiving the $681 million, Mr Najib transferred $620 million back to the same Tanore account, according to the complaint. Mr Najib has said he never received any money from the fund. The two transactions bring to $731 million the amount of money Mr Najib is said to have received from the government fund he oversaw. However, Mr Najib is clearly recognisable in the descriptions and actions attributed to that official. In Washington, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Thursday that President Barack Obama had discussed the scandal with Mr Najib during a visit to Malaysia last fall.

Source: Bangkok Post July 23, 2016 04:07 UTC