Malaysia’s jailed former prime minister Najib Razak has been admitted to a hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, his spokesperson said on Thursday. Najib, 70, is in stable condition and is undergoing quarantine and treatment at the hospital, his aide, Muhamad Mukhlis Maghribi, said. Najib was taken to hospital on Tuesday from prison after complaining of fever, he said. The former premier is serving a 12-year jail sentence for corruption linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). U.S. and Malaysian investigators estimate some $4.5 billion was stolen from 1MDB – co-founded by Najib during his first year as prime minister in 2009 – and that more than $1 billion went to accounts linked to Najib. Various recipients of the siphoned 1MDB funds used the money to buy luxury assets and real estate, a Picasso painting, a private jet, a superyacht, hotels, jewellery, and to finance the 2013 Hollywood film “The Wolf of Wall Street”, investigators have said.
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