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8 September 2016

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Najib Razak said he had a “pleasant chat” with US President Barack Obama in Laos.

“It was nice seeing you Mr President!” Najib said in a Facebook post on Thursday.

They met while attending a gala dinner held in conjunction with the Asean summits in Laos.

Obama and Najib are said to have established rapport in recent years.

In the picture accompanying the post, Najib and his wife Rosmah Mansor are seen talking to Obama at the function.

It was the first meeting of the leaders since the US Department of Justice filed civil suits against certain individuals and firms, including Najib’s stepson Riza Aziz, to recover assets it says were bought using money stolen from 1MDB.

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22 August 2016

Forced to give up his favourite game of football, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said his golfing skills are at par with United States President Barack Obama.

In the 60-minute dialogue session on Aug 18, Najib was asked on his current total golf handicap.

“My handicap will depend on who I am playing with,” he told participants of the Kembara Mahasiswa Nasional.

The students further asked Najib to share details of his golf game with Obama in Hawaii, during the 2014 Christmas holidays.

“When I partnered with Obama, he was quite good but my standard more or less like his,” he said.

A full transcript of the dialogue was posted on Najib’s official blog today.

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/353244?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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8 April 2016

malaysiakini.com ‏@malaysiakini

Washington Post thinks Najib a friend Obama should lose
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Citing the various scandals surrounding Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, American daily The Washington Post believes that all these should sway the Obama administration.

“It’s past time for the administration to distance itself from a ruler who appears headed for well-deserved disgrace.”

The editorial, published yesterday, pointed out that although Malaysia’s attorney-general had cleared Najib of any wrongdoing in the RM2.6 billion ‘donation’ issue, revelations about alleged misappropriation of funds by his brainchild 1MDB continue to pour forth apart from the investigations by other countries.

“Malaysia’s scandal appears likely to implicate financiers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United States as well as some big Western banks.

“Perhaps most important, the chances that Najib will himself face legal and political consequences are steadily growing,” read the editorial.

Najib, it added, had combated allegations by way of repression. Citing former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin who was sacked and former attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail whose services was terminated, The Washington Post also pointed out how at least 15 people were charged under the Sedition Act which Najib had earlier promised to repeal.

“Increasingly, it looks like a losing effort. Even if Malaysia’s investigators are blocked, those in other countries appear likely to move forward and expose how money was diverted.”

Citing the various scandals surrounding Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, American daily The Washington Post believes that all these should sway the Obama administration.

“It’s past time for the administration to distance itself from a ruler who appears headed for well-deserved disgrace.”

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/337023

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