Why were Najib, Arul charged with manipulating the final audit report on 1MDB?
(MMO) – Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy were charged today over the tampering of the 2016 federal audit report on the state investment firm, but what landed them in the dock?
The criminal charges against Najib and Arul Kanda were linked to the recent disclosure that the two, among several, had allegedly ordered changes to the report that was meant to be produced independently, with the alleged amendments said to have been made in a series of high-level meetings inside a week.
One was the order for the National Audit Department under the then-auditor-general to remove mention of fugitive tycoon Low Taek Jho or Jho Low’s presence during a 1MDB board meeting.
Here’s the timeline of key events leading up to today’s criminal cases against Najib and Arul Kanda, based on news reports and Auditor-General Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad’s recent revelations.
