Najib and Irwan Serigar Abdullah had been charged with six counts of criminal breach of trust involving government funds worth 6.6 billion ringgit ($1.48 billion), which officials have said were related to a settlement agreement between 1MDB and Abu Dhabi state fund International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).

Malaysia has effectively dropped a slew of corruption charges linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal that were filed against jailed former prime minister Najib Razak and the former treasury chief.

The Malaysian court dropped charges against former Prime Minister Najib Razak, linked to the 1MDB scandal, citing procedural delays and withheld documents. Despite this, Najib, previously convicted, faces additional graft trials.

A Malaysian court on Wednesday allowed corruption charges in one of several cases linked to the scandal-wracked 1MDB sovereign wealth fund against jailed ex-prime minister Najib Razak to be dropped, his lawyer said.

Malaysia’s High Court dropped one of the cases against former Prime Minister Najib Razak related to troubled state fund 1MDB, the New Straits Times reported Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian High Court’s decision on Wednesday (Nov 27) to grant a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) to former prime minister Najib Razak and a former top treasury official in the high-profile 1MDB-related trial has reignited public debate over the country’s resolve to combat corruption.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court granted their bid for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal. Read more at straitstimes.com.