This episode of Squiz Shortcuts is all about 1MDB - the fund, set up by former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, and is at the centre of one of the biggest corruption scandals ever. This story has it all - money, corruption, power, celebrity. In this podcast, we'll start by getting you across what 1MDB is, who was involved, how the money this fund generated was spent and how the whole thing has gone down.

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