By SCMP’s Asia desk During a 2017 visit to the US, former Malaysian PM Najib Razak and his delegation stayed at the Trump International Hotel for 10 nights and spent a total of US$248,962. Source: Malaysia ex-PM Najib’s delegation spent nearly US$250,000 at Trump hotel amid 1MDB probe: report
By Reuters Daim Zainuddin, 85, who held the finance portfolio twice, has denied all wrongdoing and said he was not informed what offence he had allegedly committed despite repeated queries to the body. Source: Malaysia’s anti-corruption body probes ex-finance minister for abuse of power, money laundering: ‘political witch-hunt’
By Hadi Azmi Pendatang, a dystopian film tackling the delicate topic of race, has gripped the public after filmmakers released it for free online. Source: With 400,000 views, Malaysia’s first crowdfunded film Pendatang scores away from censor’s pen