Malaysia’s Ex-Prime Minister Charged Over Failure to Declare Assets

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A Malaysian court charged former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Thursday with failing to disclose his assets to the country’s anti-graft agency.

According to state news agency Bernama, the 66-year-old is accused of failing to declare local and foreign currencies totaling nearly $40 million, as well as five gold bars, to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on February 7 last year at the agency's headquarters.Ismail Sabri, who served as Malaysia's prime minister from August 2021 to October 2022, pleaded not guilty…

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Primary source: OCCRP Stories About Corruption · August 27, 2026

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