Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland requests Malaysia for mutual assistance
Bern, 29.1.2016 - As part of the criminal proceedings opened on 14 August 2015 against two former officials of the Malaysian state-owned fund 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad) and persons unknown on suspicion of bribery of foreign public officials (Art. 322septies Swiss Criminal Code (SCC)), misconduct in public office (Art. 314 SCC), money laundering (Art. 305bis SCC) and criminal mismanagement (Art. 158 SCC), the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has requested the Malaysian authorities for mutual assistance. Cooper-ation between the two countries was already discussed at a meeting in Zurich on 15 Sep-tember 2015 between the Swiss Attorney General and his Malaysian counterpart. This re-quest for mutual assistance now puts the agreement in principle that was reached into concrete terms.