BREAKING: Malaysia's former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been arrested and will be brought to court to face corruption charges. Muhyiddin will be the country’s second leader to be indicted after leaving office.
Malaysia's former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin arrives at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarter in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, March 9, 2023. The former Malaysian Prime Minister arrived Thursday at the anti-graft agency office for a second time in a matter of weeks over alleged corruption in the awarding of government projects under his rule.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was arrested Thursday and will be brought to court to face corruption charges, the anti-graft agency said. Muhyiddin, who led Malaysia from March 2020 until August 2021, will be the country’s second leader to be indicted after leaving office. Ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak was hit with multiple graft charges after he lost in 2018 general elections and began a 12-year prison term in August after losing his final appeal in the first of several trials.
The anti-graft agency said Muhyiddin, 75, will face several charges Friday related to alleged abuse and money laundering linked to government projects awarded under his 17-month rule. It said Muhyiddin was detained shortly after he arrived at the agency for the second time in three weeks to answer questions about an economic stimulus program for ethnic Malay contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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