Stepson of the former Malaysian Prime Minister questioned about the transplant

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia – The anti-corruption agency of Malaysia on Tuesday questioned Riza Aziz, step-son of former Prime Minister Najib Razak and a producer of Hollywood films, while he intensified his investigation into the alleged theft and money laundering into the state investment fund 1MDB.

Riza was solemn when she arrived at the anti-corruption office and did not talk to reporters.

United States Investigators claim that Reda's company, Red Granite Pictures Inc., used stolen money at 1MDB to finance Hollywood films including the "Wolf of Wall Street" directed by Martin Scorsese. Red Granite has agreed to pay $ 60 million to the US government to settle It has benefited from the 1MDB scandal

The civil lawsuit against Red Granite was part of an effort to recover more than $ 1 billion which, according to the US prosecutors, was stolen at 1MDB. According to US investigators, $ 4.5 billion was reportedly looted and laundered, some of which landed in Najib's bank accounts.

The alleged corruption of the 1MDB fund led to the surprise defeat of Najib's coalition in the May 9 elections. The new government reopened the 1MDB investigations that were smothered under the Najib regime

The anti-corruption agency questioned Najib and his wife. Monday, he grilled his former MP Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Najib and his wife were prevented from leaving the country. The police also seized jewelery and valuables worth more than RMB 1.1 billion ($ 272 million) from properties related to Najib.

A 1MDB working group announced this week that 408 bank accounts frozen. He said the accounts, owned by 81 people and 55 companies, would have received 1MDB funding between 2011 and 2015.

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