A Malaysian court convicted and sentenced former Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to up to 12 years in jail on multiple charges Tuesday in the first of a series of trials over a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal involving state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad.The verdict against Najib, 67, concerned the transfer of money totaling 42 million ringgit ($9.9 million) from a former 1MDB unit to his private bank accounts between December 2014 and February 2015, when he was prime minister.His defense was that he was misled into thinking it was a donation from the Saudi royal fam…READ FULL ARTICLE
