She was summoned nearly two weeks after Najib was questioned twice by the agency. U.S. investigators say Najib’s associates stole and laundered $4.5 billion from the fund from 2009 to 2014, some of which landed in Najib’s bank account. U.S. investigators say the money was from 1MDB. The government has said Najib’s administration conducted an “exercise of deception” over 1MDB and deceived parliament over the country’s financial situation. Mahathir, who was prime minister for 22 years until 2003, was spurred out of retirement by the 1MDB scandal.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 05, 2018 13:52 UTC