Swiss attorney general upbeat on prospects for 1MDB probe

Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber expressed confidence on Wednesday that his money laundering probe into scandal-hit Malaysian fund 1MDB would bear fruit despite Malaysian authorities' refusal to cooperate. "It's not hopeless, in fact it's the opposite," Lauber told a news conference, saying the probe was making progress based on money-laundering reports, bank documents and work with Singapore and other countries. "It would have been very desirable from our perspective if Malaysia had cooperated," he said.

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Corrected: Malaysia decides not to criminalise child marriage

(Corrects name of MP in paragraphs 2, 4 and 6) KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian MP said girls as young as nine were "physically and spiritually" ready for marriage, as the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian country passed a law on sexual offences against children without criminalising child marriage. Shabudin Yahaya, a member of the Barisan Nasional coalition, made the comments in response to a proposal by an opposition member of parliament to amend the Sexual Offences Against Children bill to include a ban on child marriages.

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Muhyiddin: Outrageous to have victims marry rapists

PETALING JAYA, April 5 — An Umno MP's suggestion for child rape victims to marry their attackers was excessive, said Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin...

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KL hopes to find documents backing its Pedra Branca claim

KUALA LUMPUR - Five researchers from Malaysia's Attorney-General's Chambers are in London, sifting through 30,000 declassified British documents, as Kuala Lumpur attempts to find evidence for its legal challenge that Pedra Branca belongs to the country and not Singapore, The Malaysian Insight (TMI) news site said yesterday.

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CM: Sarawak gets Bank Negara nod to form development bank for ‘strategic projects’

KUCHING, April 4 — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has given its approval for the Sarawak government to establish its own development bank that will finance strategic projects only, Chief Minister...

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