This ought to have been an excruciatingly embarrassing time for Najib Razak, Malaysia’s scandal-engulfed prime minister, to meet the leaders of the free and not-quite-so free world. The development fund he helped set up, 1Malaysia Development Berhad, is linked with multiple international probes into suspicious transactions. Weighed down by $11bn in debt, it is fighting to stay afloat. Instead, Mr Najib, fresh from the glow of finding $700m from an unnamed Middle Eastern donor in his personal bank account, appeared to relish the chance of hosting the US president and Chinese premier, both of whom were in Kuala Lumpur last week to attend regional gatherings.
对马来西亚丑闻缠身的总理纳吉布•拉扎克(Najib Razak)来说，会见自由和不那么自由的世界的领导人，本应是个尴尬至极的时刻。纳吉布帮助设立的发展基金“1MDB”(1Malaysia Development Berhad)卷入了国际上多起可疑交易调查。这个背负着110亿美元债务的基金正尽力渡过难关。然而，尽管他的个人银行户头刚刚被发现来自中东匿名捐赠人的7亿美元，纳吉布却似乎十分享受接待美国总统和manbetx3.0 总理的机会——上周，美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)和manbetx3.0 总理李克强都在吉隆坡，参加区域性会议。