Malaysia's former prime minister, Najib Razak, has begun a 12-year prison sentence after the country's top court threw out an appeal over a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal.
Najib was found guilty of money laundering and corruption in 2020, with Malaysian authorities accusing him of siphoning cash from a state fund known as 1MDB.
The rejection of his appeal means Najib will be the first former Malaysian prime minister to be jailed.
Al Jazeera's @Florence Looi reports from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Najib was found guilty of money laundering and corruption in 2020, with Malaysian authorities accusing him of siphoning cash from a state fund known as 1MDB.
The rejection of his appeal means Najib will be the first former Malaysian prime minister to be jailed.
Al Jazeera's @Florence Looi reports from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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