Friday, July 05, 2019

Movie financing in the news

The Hollywood producer Riza Aziz, stepson of the former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering.
Mr Aziz, who produced The Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, was detained in Malaysia and bailed.
US prosecutors have accused Mr Aziz's production company of misappropriating money from a multi-billion dollar state fund to finance the film.
Mr Aziz's stepfather and mother have both been charged with corruption.
Mr Aziz will appear in court on Friday to face charges, said Latheefa Koya, the head of Malaysia's anti-corruption agency.
Here's the link

8 comments:

Jason Soon said...

yep this has been in the works a long time

next they need to nab this fat prick

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-29/malaysian-corruption-fugitive-implicated-in-kpop-sex-scandal/11159466

Not Trampis said...

all in the family it seems

Not Trampis said...

do you think the old man will hand over the PM's baton there Soony?

Jason Soon said...

increasingly unlikely, Homer https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-mahathir-unlikely-make-anwar-his-successor

Not Trampis said...

I have read that. interested in your opinion


Very interesting politics in Malaysia

Jason Soon said...

I think the way the Doctor keeps talking about 'staying on' as long as needed to solve the debt problem and the fact that he seeks to have a favourite successor who is not Anwar suggests this is a bit like the promise Hawke made to Keating.

Not Trampis said...

thanks Mate,

I should add that lowy article was in my Around the Traps.

Great wewbsite INHO

GMB said...

Very interesting. But at 94 you would not think he could stick at it too long.