Mr Arul Kanda got more than he bargained for when he signed up to be president and chief executive of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in 2015.
Brought in for his corporate restructuring expertise to fix the state fund's crippling debt totalling RM42 billion (S$14.2 billion), the former chief investment banker at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank soon found himself in the middle of Malaysia's biggest political maelstrom.
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