KUALA LUMPUR/HONG KONG—A lawyer representing former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was charged with money laundering on Sept. 13, as anti-corruption agents try to retrieve billions of dollars siphoned off from a scandal-plagued state fund.
The charges against Muhammad Shafee Abdullah come as a blow for Najib who is fighting charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power at a former unit of state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
