Abu Dhabi's IPIC and Aabar to pay Malaysia $1.8 bln to settle 1MDB dispute

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Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC) and its unit Aabar Investments PJS have agreed to pay $1.8 billion to settle a legal dispute over the scandal at Malaysian state fund 1MDB, Malaysia's finance ministry said on Monday.

Malaysia in 2018 had filed a challenge in a London court against a settlement agreement between 1MDB and IPIC that had been negotiated a year earlier during the premiership of former leader Najib Razak.

Najib was sentenced to 12 years in jail last year after being found guilty in a 1MDB-related corruption case.The finance ministry said on Monday the Abu Dhabi companies, 1MDB and Malaysia's Minister of Finance had reached a settlement in respect of proceedings in the London Court of International Arbitration and the London High Court.

 

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