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#80: 1MDB & The Missing Malaysian Billions

English Learning for Curious Minds

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Joe Lowe, a Chubby Protagonist?

The emails revealed that a payment of $681 million was made directly into Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's personal bank account. Joe Lowe is still at large, his yacht, penthouses, and mansions may have been captured, but the nature of the global financial system means that he certainly isn't without funds. The sad thing is that it is the Malaysian people who ultimately pay the price for all this.

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