Abang Johari welcomes Najib’s 1MDB apology too

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Sarawak premier Abang Johari Openg echoes Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who on Friday said he welcomed the former prime minister’s apology.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/26/abang-johari-welcomes-najibs-1mdb-apology-too/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #AbangJohariOpeng #AnwarIbrahim #NajibRazak

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00:00Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Openg has welcomed Najib Razak's apology over the 1MDB scandal,

00:08echoing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim who gave a similar response yesterday.

00:14According to Berita Harian, Abang Johari briefly commented on Najib's apology after an event

00:20at the Kuching Waterfront, saying,

00:23Yesterday, Anwar told reporters that he welcomed Najib's apology when asked to comment on it.

00:30However, DAP's Jelutong MP Ariss Enrayer today warned that the Prime Minister's decision

00:37to welcome the apology could spark public backlash.

00:41Najib is currently serving a reduced six-year sentence following a pardon after he was convicted

00:47of misappropriating RM42 million in funds belonging to former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International.

00:56On Thursday, he said he had reflected on the 1MDB fiasco over the past 26 months

01:02and it pained him that it happened when he was the Prime Minister and Finance Minister.

01:08In a statement read out by his son Nizar, Najib said he would like to apologise unreservedly

01:13over the 1MDB debacle.

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