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The High Court heard testimony that former Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak returned US$620 million following the 2013 general election because he felt uneasy retaining the money, a claim central to his ongoing trial.
A Honduran court has ruled that former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, pardoned by Donald Trump last year on drug trafficking charges, will remain at liberty throughout his ongoing domestic corruption trial.
During Lim Guan Eng's corruption trial, his defence team challenged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's investigation conclusions, asserting the Penang state government suffered no financial losses from the contested tunnel project land transaction.
Nepal's courts have sentenced two former government ministers to prison for orchestrating a document forgery scheme that allowed Nepali citizens to be resettled in the United States under false pretences as Bhutanese refugees.
Former Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz testified at the High Court in the corruption trial of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who faces charges related to the Jana Wibawa programme.