1MDB: Apandi's 'NFA' decision despite BNM recommendation

Former attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali binned a recommendation by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to initiate criminal prosecution of senior officers of 1MDB, according to the central bank’s former governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz.

The 46th prosecution witness told the Kuala Lumpur High Court that BNM forwarded to Apandi (above) in 2015 the findings of the alleged wrongdoing at 1MDB, courtesy of a special task force.

During today’s RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial against former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, she said the task force was then...