Malaysia Plans Anti-Corruption Drive as 1MDB Probe Intensifies

  • Rules on asset declaration, political appointees within 1 year
  • Govt highlights 22 of 115 initiatives in anti-corruption plan
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Malaysia is outlining the most urgent steps in its anti-corruption drive as investigators across the world intensify their probes into the sprawling scandal surrounding state fund 1MDB.

“We want to grow the best we can and learn from the past,” Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said in Putrajaya at the launch of the plan. “All of us make mistakes and do wrong things, but the important thing is to want to correct it.”