Ahead of the Swiss Parliament’s move to debate whether to return unclaimed 1MDB-linked funds amounting to about CHF104 million (roughly RM430 million) to Malaysians, several local NGOs today urged Swiss MPs to vote in favour of the Malaysian people.

The motion, translated from German to mean “repatriation of confiscated corruption funds to the robbed populations”, is expected to be debated and voted on next Thursday (March 15).

Bersih acting chairperson Shahrul Aman Mohd Saari said Malaysians were the “rightful beneficiaries” of the money...