Najib's wife questioned over ex-1MDB unit

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor being escorted by the authorities after she arrived at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in Putrajaya yesterday morning. She was questioned for five hours.
Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor being escorted by the authorities after she arrived at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in Putrajaya yesterday morning. She was questioned for five hours. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was questioned for five hours yes-terday by the anti-graft agency in Putrajaya.

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, 66, was quizzed in a probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds from SRC International, a former subsidiary of state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad. Her attendance at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters comes two weeks after her husband was called up to have his statement recorded over SRC.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 06, 2018, with the headline Najib's wife questioned over ex-1MDB unit. Subscribe