CURRENT / THE SAUDI GIFT AND THE WAR ON TERROR
👇🏽 – - – 1. 2. RELATED: THE MYSTERY BEHIND A $700M DONATION FROM THE SAUDI ROYALS TO THE MALAYSIAN PM – - – SAUDI GIFT FOR MALAYSIA PM NAJIB RAZAK 'FOR ELECTION CAMPAIGN' The Saudi source said the donation was made amid concern in Riyadh about the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood. REPORTED BY BBC The $681m (£479m) deposited in the bank account of Malaysian PM Najib Razak by Saudi Arabia was to help him win the 2013 elections, a Saudi source says. Malaysia's attorney general cleared Mr Najib of allegations of corruption on Tuesday after ruling that the money was a donation from the Saudi royal family. Mr Najib had denied that the money came from state investment fund 1MDB. The Saudi source said the donation was made amid concern in Riyadh about the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood. At the time, Malaysia's opposition alliance included the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Its founders were inspired by the Brotherhood, although there is little evidence th...