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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak faced questions Tuesday from an anti-graft commission as part of a new probe into a multibillion-dollar scandal involving the country's development fund, 1MDB. Anti-Corruption Commission chief Mohamad Shukri Abdull said at a news conference that he had summoned Najib for questioning, but that he would not be arrested Tuesday. Investigators want to know about a $10 million bank transfer from a unit of 1MDB to Najib's bank account. The transaction is a small part of what the U.S. Justice Department alleges is $4.5 billion Najib helped steal from the fund. Najib has denied any wrongdoing. The scandal played a role in the defeat of his long-ruling coalition in national elections earlier this month that returned former leader Mahathir Mohamad to power. Mahathir pledged to open a new probe into the 1MDB scandal. The Justice Department said in a statement it looks forward to working with Malaysian authorities and is committed to ensuring the U.S. financial system is not threatened by corrupt people who want to hide ill-gotten wealth. 马来西亚前总理纳吉布周二接受反贪委员会的质询。这是新总理马哈蒂尔上台后立即着手对大马主权发展基金1MDB数十亿美元被挪用的丑闻展开调查的一部分。 新上任的反贪委员会主席苏克里（Mohamad Shukri Abdull）在资讯发布会上说，纳吉布按照要求接受质询，但他没有被捕。 | 
