1MDB: Ex-Malaysia PM Najib Razak given 15-year jail term over state funds scandal
Najib was convicted for his role in the billion-dollar scandal involving the country's sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.
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Najib, 72, was accused of misappropriating nearly 2.3 billion Malaysian ringgit ($569m; £422m) from the nation's sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
On Friday afternoon a judge found him guilty in four charges of abuse of power and 21 charges of money laundering.
The former PM is already in jail after he was convicted years ago in another case related to 1MDB.
Friday's verdict comes after seven years of legal proceedings, which saw 76 witnesses called to the stand.
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