Malaysia

Najib's wife Rosmah Mansor expected to be charged with money laundering soon

The wife of former Malaysian premier Najib Razak is expected to be formally charged soon with as many as 20 counts of money laundering in a case linked to troubled state investment fund 1MDB, the New Straits Times (NST) reported.

The daily said investigators had "tied up all the loose ends" in their probe into Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, 66.

She was questioned by investigators from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in June in an interview believed to be linked to the probe on SRC International, a former subsidiary of 1MDB, or 1Malaysia Development Berhad.

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