1MDB

Disclosure Timeline

• 15 Sep, 2020  -  Ex-CEO: 1MDB funds used to buy land in Penang, linked to GE13 (Hidir Reduan Abdul Rashid, Malaysiakini)

  Part of the US$3 billion (RM12.4 billion) bond raised by 1MDB in 2013 was used to acquire land in Ayer Itam, Penang, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard today.

  Directly implicated: Najib Razak , Low Taek Jho , Azlin Alias , 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) , 1MDB Global Investment Limited
  Cirmcumstantially implicated: Silk Road Southeast Asia Real Estate Ltd (Silk Road)
  Disclosing: Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman

• 08 Jul, 2020  -  MACC allowed to forfeit alleged 1MDB-linked RM835k from Pahang MCA (Hidir Reduan Abdul Rashid, Malaysiakini)

  The Kuala Lumpur High Court has allowed the MACC’s civil suit to forfeit RM835,258.19 of alleged 1MDB-linked funds from Pahang MCA.

  Directly implicated: Malaysian Chinese Association
  Cirmcumstantially implicated: Najib Razak
  Disclosing: MACC

• 04 May, 2020  -  Gov't's forfeiture case against Najib, wife, 16 others rescheduled to May 19 (Malaysiakini / Bernama)

  MACC had seized the items, which were allegedly linked to the 1MDB financial scandal, on May 17, June 11 and Aug 2, 2018. Among the items mentioned in both the notices are 315 handbags of various brands, 14 watches and 27 pairs of shoes of various brands, as well as cash in various currencies, including RM537,000, Sri Lanka rupee 2,870,000, RM187,750 in old ringgit notes and 320,500 pound sterling.

  Cirmcumstantially implicated: Nooryana Najwa , Rosmah Mansor , Najib Razak

• 13 Aug, 2019  -  Jho Low and his four associates fled the country before change of government (Ahmad Naqib Idris / theedgemarkets.com)

  Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, more commonly known as Jho Low, fled the country on May 29, 2015, two weeks after his associate Eric Tan Kim Loong had run away.

  Directly implicated: Low Taek Jho , Geh Choh Heng , Tang Keng Chee , Loo Ai Swan
  Indirectly implicated: Najib Razak , Ahmad Zahid Hamidi , Minister of Home Affairs

• 10 Jun, 2019  -  Ex-SRC chairman: Najib directed bulk of RM2b funds from KWAP to be transferred overseas (The Edge)

  After getting the first RM2 billion loan from Pensioners Trust Fund Inc (KWAP) for SRC International Sdn Bhd, former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak asked that a total of RM1.8 billion of the funds to be transferred overseas, according to former SRC chairman Tan Sri Ismee Ismail.

  Directly implicated: Najib Razak
  Indirectly implicated: Ismee bin Ismail
  Disclosing: Ismee bin Ismail

• 01 Nov, 2018  -  Land was transferred to Bank Negara 15 days after purchase (The Star)

  The land that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)bought from the fede­ral government was transferred to the central bank within 15 days. Hartanah Mampan Sdn Bhd, the special purpose vehicle incorpora­ted by the federal government on Oct 19, 2017, to act as a conduit for the transaction, had four directors. Among them was former Trea­sury secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah, ac­­cor­­ding to a company search. Irwan also sat on the board of BNM.

  Cirmcumstantially implicated: Irwan Serigar Abdullah , Hartanah Mampan Sdn Bhd

• 25 Oct, 2018  -  MACC confirms Najib gov't allegedly used BR1M funds to repay IPIC (Hariz Mohd, Malaysiakini)

  Najib Abdul Razak's administration allegedly redirected government funds, including those meant for the BR1M programme to repay money owed by 1MDB to International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC), confirmed MACC deputy chief commissioner Azam Baki.

  Directly implicated: Irwan Serigar Abdullah , Najib Razak
  Disclosing: MACC

• 27 Jun, 2018  -  Najib raids: $273m of goods seized from former Malaysian PM's properties (Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian UK)

  Malaysian police have seized a cache of jewellery, handbags and watches worth up to $273m (£207m) in a series of raids on houses of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.

  Cirmcumstantially implicated: Najib Razak , Rosmah Mansor
  Disclosing: Royal Malaysian Police

• 15 Jun, 2017  -  US Department of Justice CV 17-4438 (US Department of Justice)

  A civil action in rem to forfeit assets involved in and traceable to an international conspiracy to launder money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (“1MDB”), a strategic investment and development company wholly-owned by the government of Malaysia.

  Directly implicated: Najib Razak , Rosmah Mansor , Low Taek Jho , Tan Kim Loong , 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) , Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil

• 21 Jul, 2016  -  DOJ: Wolf of Wall Street 'lead actor' gambled with Jho Low, Riza (Zikri Kamarulzaman, Malaysiakini)

  Penang-born tycoon Jho Low withdrew US$1.15 million from his account at a Las Vegas casino to gamble with several individuals, including Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's stepson Riza Aziz, and the lead actor of Hollywood film ‘Wolf of Wall Street’, said the US Department of Justice (DOJ)

  Directly implicated: Low Taek Jho , Riza Aziz , Red Granite Pictures

• 20 Jul, 2016  -  US Department of Justice Case CV 16-16-5362 (US Department of Justice)

  United States of America vs "The Wolf of Wall Street" MOtion Picture, Including Any Rights to Profits, Royalties and Distribution Proceeds. Civil Action to in rem to forfeit assets involved in and traceable to an international conspiracy to launder money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (“1MDB”), a strategic investment and development company wholly-owned by the government of Malaysia

  Directly implicated: Riza Aziz , Low Taek Jho , Tan Kim Loong

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• DOJ: Wolf of Wall Street 'lead actor' gambled with Jho Low, Riza (Issue Source)

• Ex-SRC chairman: Najib directed bulk of RM2b funds from KWAP to be transferred overseas (Issue Source)

• US Department of Justice Case CV 16-16-5362 (Issue Source)

• US Department of Justice CV 17-4438 (Issue Source)

• 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal - Wikipedia Page (Link)

• Gov't's forfeiture case against Najib, wife, 16 others rescheduled to May 19 (Issue Source)

• Najib raids: $273m of goods seized from former Malaysian PM's properties (Issue Source)

• Land was transferred to Bank Negara 15 days after purchase (Issue Source)

• MACC confirms Najib gov't allegedly used BR1M funds to repay IPIC (Issue Source)

• MACC allowed to forfeit alleged 1MDB-linked RM835k from Pahang MCA (Issue Source)

• Ex-CEO: 1MDB funds used to buy land in Penang, linked to GE13 (Issue Source)

• Jho Low and his four associates fled the country before change of government (Issue Source)