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Rosmah Mansor: Najib and Year Grip

rosmah mansor: Najib had said in a statement on social media on Saturday that he was planning to take a short vacation to spend time with his family, according to The Chronicle Herald. The immigration department, which initially said there was no travel ban, later issued a statement to say Najib and his wife had been blacklisted from leaving the country. A leaked flight manifesto showed that Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, were due to leave on a private jet on Saturday to Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, fueling rumours that he was bolting the country after a shocking electoral defeat earlier in the week that ended his coalition's 60-year grip on power. Mahathir confirmed that he prevented Najib from leaving. U.S. investigators say Najib's associates stole and looted 4.5 billion from the fund, with some 700 million landing in Najib's bank account and around 30 million used to buy jewelry for his wife. He said there was sufficient evidence for an investigation into Najib, in reference to the massive corruption scandal involving the 1MDB state fund that Najib set up and is being investigated in the United States and other countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.