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Nazir regrets helping Najib cash RM25.7m 1MDB-tainted cheques for GE13
Published:  Nov 12, 2021 2:15 PM
Updated: 7:07 AM

Former CIMB Group Holdings chairperson Nazir Abdul Razak expressed regret for helping his eldest brother, former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, cash cheques for the 13th general election that later turned out to be 1MDB-linked.

Detailing the incident in his memoir 'What's In A Name', Nazir (above) said in the run-up to the 2013 polls, Najib approached him to help turn four cheques totalling RM25.7 million into cash to be used for campaigning.

He reiterated in the book that he saw it as only helping his brother, and had no reason to...

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