A Malaysian court dropped charges against jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak over criminal breach of trust linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of a state fund.

A Malaysian court on Wednesday allowed corruption charges linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal filed against jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak and the former treasury chief to be dropped,

Malaysia’s High Court dropped one of the cases against former Prime Minister Najib Razak related to troubled state fund 1MDB, the New Straits Times reported Wednesday.

Najib Razak has been seeking to be released from jail and serve the remaining four years of his jail term at home.

The prosecutors' competence have been questioned after the latest court decision. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Malaysian court on Wednesday discharged former Prime Minister Najib Razak from multiple corruption charges involving 6.6 billion ringgit ($1.48 billion) of government funds linked to the 1MDB scandal.

KUALA LUMPUR: Corruption charges linked to the 1MDB scandal against Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak were allowed to be dropped by a Malaysian court on Wednesday (Nov 27).

Najib and Irwan Serigar Abdullah had been charged with six counts of criminal breach of trust involving government funds worth 6.6 billion ringgit ($1.48 billion), which officials have said were related to a settlement agreement between 1MDB and Abu Dhabi state fund International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).