Ten out of 13 states are under Umno Baru control. By normal standards, these 10 states should provide enough to satisfy any PM’s needs, but apparently, not Najib Abdul Razak’s alleged avarice. The PM’s fingerprints are all over the allegedly kleptocratic Umno Baru government.

First, the ‘Perak Plunder’ of 2009, when the former MB, Nizar Jamaluddin, was kicked out of office and replaced with Najib’s man.

Second, in the ‘Terengganu Tussle’ of 2014, the wedding of former MB Ahmad Said’s daughter was used as a red herring to oust him from office. It is alleged that Najib and Ahmad Said disagreed about 1MDB using the state’s oil and gas industry as collateral.