Najib Razak

Gender: Male
Born: 23/07/1953
Nationalities: Malaysia
Tax Residencies: Malaysia

Politically Exposed Person: 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia and Former Finance Minister

Mohd Najib bin Abd Razak is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018

Membership and Posts

Post	Label	Role	Organization	On Behalf Of	Start Date	End Date
	Minister of Finance	Cabinet Minister	First Najib Cabinet	UMNO	2009-04-10	2013-05-15
	Chairperson Khazanah Nasional Bhd	Chairperson	Khazanah Nasional Bhd	UMNO	2009-04-06	2018-05-31
P085 Pekan	Member of Parliament for Pekan	Member of Parliament	Parliament of Malaysia - Dewan Rakyat	UMNO	2018-07-16
	Minister of Defence in Second Abdullah Cabinet	Cabinet Minister	Second Abdullah Cabinet	UMNO	2004-03-27	2008-07-18

Family Relationships

Spouse of Rosmah Mansor

Parent of Riza Aziz

Parent of Nooryana Najwa

Parent of Mohd Nazifuddin Mohd Najib

Sibling of Nazir Razak

Business and other Relationships

Associate of Low Taek Jho
Jho Low is alleged to helped facilitate transfer of billions of US dollars in funds from 1MDB sovereign fund into Najib Razak's personal accounts

Associate of Tim Leissner
While Tim Leissner was at Goldmann Sachs, he arranged a meeting to get jobs for Najib's three children jobs at the bank

Business Partner of Onn Hafiz Ghazi
Onn Hafiz stated in court that Vital Spire received an RM240,000 cheque from Najib in 2015 explicitly to finance Malaysian Digest.

Business Partner of Mohd Hafarizam Harun
Mohd Hafarizam was alleged to have deposited two cheques amounting to RM11.5mil into the bank account of his legal firm in 2014, with the source of funds from Najib Razak

Superior of Azlin Alias

Superior of Rizal Mansor
Rizal Mansor was special officer to Najib Razak

Employer of Muhammad Shafee Abdullah
Employed Muhammad Shafee Abdullah as defence lawyer for corruption and money laundering charges

Biography

Notes

PEP Status Details

6th Prime Minister of Malaysia and Former Finance Minister

Subitems

Spouse of Rosmah Mansor (Relationship)

Stepfather of Riza Aziz (Relationship)

Parent of Nooryana Najwa Najib (Relationship)

Parent of Nazif Najib (Relationship)

Employed Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (Relationship)

Najib Razak is the brother of Nazir Razak (Relationship)

Najib Razak's twitter (Contact Detail)

Data Pesalah Rasuah Najib Razak (Source)

Najib Congratalutes Kazakhstan president Qasym-Jomart Toqayev for cacking down on protestors (Source)

Procurement

Infrastructure Projects

Cited on Issues

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Directly Implicated

Hybrid Photovoltaic Solar System Integrated Project
Malaysiakini (06 Feb, 2020). Solar panel project - I was pressured by 'Najib, ma'am and Rizal', says ex-minister

Najib Razak and Muhyiddin Yasin used RM609mil of urgent funds for pre-election projects
S Pathmawathy, Malaysiakini (12 Mar, 2012). PM, DPM disburse RM600mil over 11 weeks

Flouting or violating Covid-19 laws and regulations
Malaysiakini (06 May, 2021). Pricey meal: Najib fined RM3k, chicken rice shop owner RM10k

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

Procurement of 6 Patrol Boats for Malaysian Royal Navy
Audit Department Malaysia (28 Jun, 2007). Laporan Ketua Audit Negara Mengenai Aktiviti Kementerian Jabatan Kerajaan Persekutuan Tahun 2006

1MDB
US Department of Justice (15 Jun, 2017). US Department of Justice CV 17-4438

1MDB
Hariz Mohd, Malaysiakini (25 Oct, 2018). MACC confirms Najib gov't allegedly used BR1M funds to repay IPIC

1MDB
The Edge (10 Jun, 2019). Ex-SRC chairman: Najib directed bulk of RM2b funds from KWAP to be transferred overseas

Indirectly Implicated

1MDB

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

Pontian MP Ahmad Maslan Charged With Money Laundering 1MDB Money

Malaysiakini (29 Sep, 2021). Ahmad Maslan freed from money laundering charge after paying RM1.1m compound

Pontian MP Ahmad Maslan Charged With Money Laundering 1MDB Money

Malaysiakini (29 Sep, 2021). Ahmad's RM1.1m payment is punitive action, asset recovery - MACC

Cirmcumstantially Implicated

National Feedlot Centre (NFC)

Khairie Hisyam Aliman, The Edge Malaysia (18 Jul, 2018). Special audit on NFC flagged public officials’ negligence

1MDB

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

1MDB

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

1MDB

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