COMMENT The complex web of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal has placed it as one of Malaysia’s biggest financial controversies. The money trail has been a maze, keeping the scandal snowballing beyond control, much to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s peril.

Friends and associates of the prime minister and his family seem to have huge powers  to direct deals worth billions of ringgit, turning confusion into rage for many Malaysians.

The staggering RM42 billion ringgit debt 1MDB accumulated in just five years has clearly shown how power play, patronage politics and corruption have systematically ruined this nation of ours.

Financial scandals in Malaysia are aplenty, and so it isn’t a surprise to note that 1MDB is indeed not the first mega financial scandal involving Prime Minister Najib...