KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: The Malaysian speaker of parliament has confirmed that former prime minister Najib Razak has applied for a royal pardon, less than two weeks after he was sentenced to 12 years in prison on corruption charges.
Najib, 69, was convicted of graft and money laundering charges in a case linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
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