Singapore's 1MDB probe appears centred on its Cayman investments
Singapore
SINGAPORE authorities are probing "complex and layered transactions" with "cross-border elements" involving many shell companies in their investigations into 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), according to prosecutors here.
This was revealed by Singapore's chief prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee at the third mention in the state court in the case involving Kelvin Ang Wee Keng, who was charged with corrupt transactions in an ongoing probe into 1MDB.
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