PUTRAJAYA – Malaysia’s special task force set up to look into the funds misappropriation scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has met officers from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The meeting on Thursday morning (May 24) at the Prime Minister’s Office Complex in Putrajaya discussed the direction and focus of the probe on 1MDB, according to a statement issued by the task force.
It also discussed “mutual legal assistance arrangements for criminal matters between the two countries and the processes for repatriating assets that have been frozen by the authorities in the United States”.
