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Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin acquitted of 4 charges in US$49 million corruption case
South China Morning Post
· collected 2026-09-15 · by Iman Muttaqin Yusof
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Malaysia's former Prime Minister Muhyiddin was acquitted of four corruption-related charges involving $49 million in a court ruling on Wednesday. The Kuala Lumpur High Court dismissed three money-laundering and one abuse-of-power charge after prosecutors decided not to continue with these counts in his ongoing trial known as the Jana Wibawa case. Despite this acquittal, Muhyiddin still faces three remaining charges of abuse of power.
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On 20 March 2023, the Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin of four corruption charges involving US$49 million. Judge Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin dismissed the prosecution’s request for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal, ensuring these charges could not be reinstated later. Prosecutors dropped three money-laundering and one abuse-of-power charge, leaving Muhyiddin with three remaining abuse-of-power counts. This ruling places him alongside other former prime ministers currently entangled in legal proceedings over corruption allegations.
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🔮 The ruling removes four of the seven charges against Muhyiddin, although he still faces three abuse-of-power counts, keeping him among several of the country’s former prime ministers caught up in criminal proceedings.
High Court judge Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin ordered Muhyiddin’s full acquittal after rejecting the prosecution’s request for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal, which would have allowed the charges to be revived later.
🔮 The prime minister’s remarks come after Malaysia’s top court upheld a ban on the independent film ‘Mentega Terbang’ last month
Anwar said an industry forced to repeatedly seek official approval for individual scenes could not become more creative or competitive, calling for fewer restrictions on filmmakers at a time when Malaysian productions were outperforming Hollywood titles at home.
But his remarks came less than six weeks after Malaysia’s Court of Appeal upheld the government’s ban on the independent film Mentega Terbang, and nearly three years after Cannes-winning Tiger Stripes reached local cinemas only after cuts its director disowned.
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Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin acquitted of 4 charges in US$49 million corruption case
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Muhyiddin → acquit → case
Prosecutors decided not to proceed with three money-laundering charges and one of abuse of power against the former leader
The Kuala Lumpur High Court cleared Muhyiddin of three money-laundering charges and one of abuse of power involving 200 million ringgit (US$49.1 million), after prosecutors said they no longer wanted to pursue those counts in his Jana Wibawa trial.
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they → decide → trial
The ruling removes four of the seven charges against Muhyiddin, although he still faces three abuse-of-power counts, keeping him among several of the country’s former prime ministers caught up in criminal proceedings.
High Court judge Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin ordered Muhyiddin’s full acquittal after rejecting the prosecution’s request for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal, which would have allowed the charges to be revived later.
asserted
charges → remove → acquittal
