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View all search resultsHer conviction by the High Court came just nine days after her husband Najib Razak, Malaysia's former premier, began serving a 12-year jail term for offences linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB financial scandal.
For many Indonesians who are suspicious of the integrity of the judiciary system in the country, especially when the court dropped the mega-corruption case involving former president Soeharto in 2000, the system in Malaysia is a model to look up to.
Mahathir, whose historic election victory in 2018 triggered Najib's downfall, said delays in various trials related to the multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) would result in justice being denied.