A court found the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak guilty of all seven charges in the first verdict to be handed down in a series of corruption trials related to state development fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohamad Nazlan Ghazali found Najib guilty of three counts of criminal breach of trust, three counts of money laundering, and one count of abuse of power.
"After considering all evidence in this trial, I find that the prosecution has successfully proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt," Ghazali said after spending two hours to read out his ruling.
