1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal

Malaysia's veteran former leader Mahathir Mohamad returned from an overseas trip on Sept.9 saying he would comply with any police investigation into comments he made against Prime Minister Najib Razak at an anti-government rally last month.

Mahathir has led calls for Najib's resignation over alleged mismanagement and corruption at indebted state investment fund 1MDB. 

"There's no more rule of law," said Mahathir Mohamad, the 90-year-old grandee who was prime minister of Malaysia for 22 years. "The only way for the people to get back to the old system is for them to remove this prime minister." 

A Malaysian parliamentary investigation into a graft scandal at a state investment fund embroiling Prime Minister Najib Razak has been put on hold as cracks in the long-ruling party appeared to widen on July 29.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, stung by allegations that he received some $700 million in government money, on July 28 fired the attorney general who had been investigating him and a deputy who has been among his most prominent critics.

Malaysian police raided the office of troubled state investment fund 1MDB on July 8, following a report that claimed investigators looking into the firm found nearly $700 million had been transferred to Prime Minister Najib Razak's bank account. 

Najib has denied taking any money and said the corruption allegations are part of a malicious campaign to force him out of office.