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Malaysia Charges Second UMNO Leader After Pilgrimage Fund Probe

Malaysian authorities charged former minister Jamil Khir Baharom for allegedly misappropriating 860 million ringgit ($210 million) from the Muslim pilgrimage fund Tabung Haji, making him the second United Malays National Organisation leader to be charged over the fund in as…

This article was originally published by Bloomberg Markets and is republished here under license.

Malaysian authorities charged former minister Jamil Khir Baharom for allegedly misappropriating 860 million ringgit ($210 million) from the Muslim pilgrimage fund Tabung Haji, making him the second United Malays National Organisation leader to be charged over the fund in as many weeks.

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