Malaysia Again Rejects Swiss Evidence Gathering Request in Swiss 1MDB Investigation as Court Sentences Legislator for Discussing Information from Official Audit

 On November 11, 2016, Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauder announced that Malaysian officials had for the second time rejected a Swiss request for evidence into its investigation into as much as $4.8 billion that may have been diverted from companies connected to 1MDB, a fund established by Najib Razak, Malaysia’s prime minister.  Najib also chaired its advisory board.  Meanwhile, on November 14, 2016, a lower court in Malaysia sentenced Rafizi Ramli, a member of Malaysia’s parliament, to 18 months in prison for publicly disclosing classified information from an official audit into 1MDB.