Former PM acquitted in latest trial over embezzlement of Malaysian state fund

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been acquitted in the latest trial over embezzlement of the country’s state fund (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Malaysian former prime minister Najib Razak was acquitted on Friday in the latest trial in response to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund.

Najib, who is serving a 12-year prison term after losing the final appeal in his first of several corruption trials linked to the 1MDB scandal, was found not guilty on the charge of tampering with an audit report to cover up wrongdoings.