KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak issued a rare apology over the looting of a state investment fund worth billions of dollars “under my watch” while reiterating his innocence. The apology on Thursday comes ahead of a court decision that will either acquit or order him to enter his defense in a second main graft trial, in which he faces four charges of abusing his power to obtain over $700 million from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund. The scandal upended his government. He faces a slew of legal cases and started serving time in 2022 after losing his final appeal in his first graft case.
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