Pras Mchel, a onetime rapper from the Fugees, went to prison in the States for fourteen years for illegal lobbying he undertook on behalf of the criminal conspirators in the 1MDB case, where a Malaysian sovereign development fund was defrauded of more than US$4.5bn. Michel received US$100m from the now-fugitive financier Jho Taek Low. If he had declared his activities as an agent of a foreign power, it might have raised suspicions about where the money was coming from, but he would then legally have been safe as houses. Fourteen years is one year less in prison than the actual mastermind of the plan, ex-PM Najib Razak, who was this week sentenced to fifteen more years, following a reduction in his sentence on an earlier conviction from twelve to six years.
You are now caught up on one of the weirdest and most consequential cases in our regional neighbourhood that it seems nobody in Australia has ever heard of. #1mdb #mspol
[Summary] Former PM Najib Razak has been sentenced to 15 years in jail and a record RM11.4 billion fine. A massive moment for accountability in Malaysia's 1MDB scandal.
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The whole thing took a whole ass day, plus minus Friday prayers, right up to 9pm because the judge really wanted to have everything done before the weekend:
Commence the dance party (again)

1MDB: Ex-Malaysia PM Najib Razak given 15-year jail term over state funds scandal
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk7y27vp1eo