Leaders in trouble..Razak arrested over 1MDB investigation..Ecuador judge orders arrest of ex-president Rafael Correa | Follow The Money

5.7.18

Leaders in trouble..Razak arrested over 1MDB investigation..Ecuador judge orders arrest of ex-president Rafael Correa | Follow The Money: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been arrested, Malaysia’s anti-corruption task force told the ABC, amid an investigation into how billions of dollars went missing from a state fund he founded almost a decade ago.

Authorities picked Mr Najib up from his home after serving him with a remand order, two sources close to the family said.

Charges, including embezzlement and bribery with government money, are expected to be handed down early Wednesday morning.

Mr Najib was arrested at his Kuala Lumpur home at 2:35pm (local time), sources said.

In a pre-recorded message posted on Twitter after his arrest, Mr Najib said not all the accusations against him and his family were true.

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The National Court of Justice of Ecuador has ordered the preventive detention of the country’s former president Rafael Correa and requested that Interpol apprehend him for extradition.