The judge who convicted former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak over the 1MDB scandal said the plunder of the sovereign wealth fund was so vast that it eclipsed the exploits of Attila the Hun, one of history’s most notorious conquerors.“The scale of the plunder that took place (financially speaking, of course) made Attila the Hun look like a choirboy in comparison,” Collin Lawrence Sequerah said in the introduction to his 809-page grounds of judgment.The written judgment was issued on Tuesday, nearly six months after Sequerah found Najib guilty on all charges in the long-running 1MDB trial and sentenced him to 15 years in prison.
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Najib’s 1MDB plunder made Attila the Hun ‘look like a choirboy’: Malaysian judge
A Malaysian judge, Collin Lawrence Sequerah, described the plunder of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund as so extensive that it made Attila the Hun appear like a "choirboy." This statement was included in the introduction to his 809-page written judgment, issued on Tuesday. The judgment follows Sequerah's conviction of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on all charges related to the 1MDB scandal.
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A Malaysian judge, Collin Lawrence Sequerah, described the plunder of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund as so extensive that it made Attila the Hun appear like a "choirboy." This statement was included in the introduction to his 809-page written judgment, issued on Tuesday. The judgment follows Sequerah's conviction of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on all charges related to the 1MDB scandal. Najib was previously sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the case. The judge's remarks highlight the immense financial scale of the misappropriation from the fund.
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The written judgment was issued on Tuesday.
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Najib Razak was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Najib Razak was found guilty on all charges in the 1MDB trial.
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Collin Lawrence Sequerah is the judge who convicted former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak over the 1MDB scandal.
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The scale of the plunder from the 1MDB fund made Attila the Hun look like a choirboy.
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