Police raided 5 properties linked to Malaysia"s allegedly corrupt ex-prime minister a week after he was defeated by his former mentor

MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak lost Wednesday's election to his former mentor Mahathir Mohamad. Mahathir once fired an.....»»

AP Photo Police seized 284 boxes from properties linked to Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak. The boxes including designer handbags filled with Malaysi.....»»

Nicky Loh/Getty Images Police have finished counting valuables seized from properties linked to Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak. As .....»»

MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak lost Wednesday's election to his former mentor Mahathir Mohamad. Mahathir once fired and jailed Anwar Ibrahim, who was th.....»»

Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images Malaysia's new prime minister Mahathir Mohamad doesn't intend to immediately step aside once his foe-turned-colleague Anwar Ibrahim is pardoned. Mahathir does expect Anwar to be pardoned .....»»

Malaysian police say the cash stashed in bags at an apartment linked to former Prime Minister Najib Razak and seized in a money-laundering investigation amounted to 114 million ringgit ($28.6 million)......»»

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Hundreds of millions of dollars was seized from properties linked to the former prime minister......»»

Paul Stadlen, a British national who worked for former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, is facing money-laundering charges over $3.5 million that was allegedly linked to his former boss, a government prosecutor said......»»

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Mahathir Mohamad was placed under investigation as election campaigning heats up, after he said Prime Minister Najib Razak’s supporters were systematically sabotaging the opposition’s campaign......»»

New Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says Malaysia will seek to retrieve billions of dollars from a state investment fund believed to have been laundered in the United States, Switzerland and several other countries......»»

New Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says Malaysia will seek to retrieve billions of dollars from a state investment fund believed to have been laundered in the United States, Switzerland and several other countries......»»

Police are still conducting search at the private residence of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Taman Duta. Several personal items such as handbags, cloth.....»»

Malaysian police have confiscated 284 designer handbags and 72 suitcases containing cash, jewelry and other valuables as part of a corruption and money-laundering investigation into former Prime Minister Najib Razak......»»

Nicky Loh/Getty Images Malaysia's top anti-corruption official once had a bullet sent to his home while investigating a financial scandal linked to then-Prime Minister Najib Razak. In an emotional speech on Tuesday, Mohd Shukri Abdull sa.....»»