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| Ex-PM Najib Razak banned from leaving Malaysia | |
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| Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife have been banned from leaving the country, immigration officials say. | Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife have been banned from leaving the country, immigration officials say. |
| This comes after Mr Najib said that he and his family were planning to go on an overseas holiday on Saturday. | This comes after Mr Najib said that he and his family were planning to go on an overseas holiday on Saturday. |
| Earlier this week, Mr Najib's long-ruling Barisan Nasional coalition suffered a shock electoral defeat. | |
| Mr Najib has been accused of diverting $700m (£517m) from a state investment fund in 2015 - a charge he denies. | |
| He has since been cleared of by the authorities. | |
| On Thursday, Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as Malaysia's new prime minister, becoming the world's oldest elected leader at 92. | |
| Dr Mahathir came out of retirement and defected to the opposition to take on and beat former protege Najib Razak. | |
| How Mr Najib has reacted to the ban? | |
| In a tweet (in Malay), he said he had been informed by the immigration authorities that he and his family would not be allowed to travel abroad. | |
| He gave no reasons for the authorities' decision, but said he would abide by it. | |
| Mr Najib, 64, said earlier that he and his wife Rosmah Mansor would go on a holiday on Saturday and would return next week. | |
| What about the corruption scandal? | |
| He had faced accusation of corruption and mismanagement over the state investment fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). | |
| The scandal has gripped the country for years. | |
| 1MDB, set up by Mr Najib in 2009, was meant to turn Kuala Lumpur into a financial hub and boost the economy through strategic investments. | |
| But it started to attract negative attention in early 2015 after it missed payments for some of the $11bn it owed to banks and bondholders. | |
| Then the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported it had seen a paper trail that allegedly traced close to $700m from the fund to Mr Najib's personal bank accounts. | |
| Mr Najib has consistently denied taking money from 1MDB or any public funds. | |
| After being sworn in as new prime minister, Dr Mahathir said he would seek the return of millions of dollars lost in the scandal. |