# Najib Razak

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How One Journalist Exposed a $7 Billion Theft & Jailed a Prime Minister | Clare Rewcastle Brown

Clare Rewcastle Brown on the 1MDB scandal, vexatious lawsuits, and why one blog brought down a government. Episode OverviewSome $7 billion was stolen in the 1MDB scandal. It cost $8 billion to cover it up. Clare Rewcastle Brown uncovered it from a spare room, with a blog and a shortwave radio and n…

Friday's top stories in 10 minutes

Liberal MPs hold their national caucus retreat ahead of Parliament's return on Monday. New polls suggest economic stability will trump sovereignty in next month's Quebec provincial election. A beluga whale relocated from Marineland to Spain dies just weeks after her transfer. At least three peop…

S2E313: Najib Razak Faces US$12.26m Fine, US Bessent Hails Successful China Talks

Headline news for September 21, 2026: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says talks with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng were very successful. Iran warns that it received information of a possible major new attack by the United States and its allies. Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak says…

Najib Razak Faces US$12.26m Fine, US Bessent Hails Successful China Talks

Headline news for September 20, 2026: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says talks with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng were very successful. Iran warns that it received information of a possible major new attack by the United States and its allies. Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak says…

Talkback - Sep 22, 2026

Dato Seri Najib Razak has been granted a conditional pardon allowing him to serve the remainder of his SRC International sentence under house arrest until August 2028, once he pays a RM50 million fine. UMNO has raised almost RM1 million in their solidarity fund to help Najib out with this. So in th…

Deep fakes: Who can you trust; The cascading impacts of climate change; Jho Low - the whale that got away

As natural disasters become wilder and more regular their impacts will go well beyond immediate displacement and death; Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak is facing over 30 corruption related charges. But who was the man that moved the money for him?

Yanis Varoufakis on Greece's return to the financial markets; in Malaysia, former sworn enemies unite; is art a fitting response to violence?

Is Greece's return to the capital markets a reason to celebrate? It depends who you ask. In Malaysia former enemies Mahathir Mohammed and Anwar Ibrahim have found a common cause - defeating PM Najib Razak. What is the role of photography in conveying violence - and what does the viewer's response t…

From 1MDB to The China Contract

Clare Rewcastle Brown on how Malaysia's 1MDB scandal became a story of debt, infrastructure, China and geopolitical leverage. The 1MDB scandal exposed how billions of dollars were stolen from Malaysia, moved through offshore structures and the international financial system, and used to fund poli…

"Man on the Run": The Glamour & Greed Behind the Jho Low/ 1MDB Scandal as Seen in the New Hit Netflix Documentary

Netflix’s new hot documentary MAN ON THE RUN exposes a shocking true story of corruption and betrayal that shook an entire nation's financial stability. It follows Jho Low, a mysterious businessman and playboy, as he masterminds a scheme to exploit a sovereign wealth fund in Malaysia, 1MDB. With th…