1MDB Talks With Malaysia Should Start Quickly, Swiss Say
- Singapore says fully prepared to extend further assistance
- Malaysian report says 1MDB corporate governance unsatisfactory
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Four days after Malaysia said it will reopen a graft probe into state fund 1MDB, Swiss prosecutors said they wanted to start talks with investigators in the Southeast Asian nation as soon as possible to better coordinate various criminal probes into the sprawling case.
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland “is very much interested in renewing dialogue with the competent authorities in Malaysia” and “favors an exchange between partnering authorities at their earliest convenience,” it said in an email sent Tuesday.