Wife of Malaysian Ex-PM Najib Charged With Money Laundering

Wife of Malaysian Ex-PM Najib Charged With Money Laundering
Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak, leaves a court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 4, 2018. Lai Seng Sin/Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—The wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was charged with 17 offences on Oct. 4, including money laundering, as anti-graft agents investigate billions of dollars missing from state coffers.

The charges against Rosmah Mansor were read out by prosecutors at a Kuala Lumpur court after she spent a night in detention following her arrest by anti-graft investigators on Oct. 3. Rosmah pleaded not guilty to all charges.