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Hungary's parliament is moving forward with anti-corruption legislation as part of Prime Minister Peter Magyar's broader reform agenda, aiming to unlock billions of euros in EU funds that have been withheld due to governance concerns.
An anti-corruption watchdog is pressing Malaysia's Attorney-General's Chambers and the MACC to publicly explain decisions to settle corruption cases through compounding, particularly those attracting significant public attention.
Malaysia's High Court has characterised the 1MDB scandal as a financial plunder of such extraordinary scale that it eclipses even notorious historical acts of state theft, positioning it among the world's most consequential kleptocracy cases.