CARACAS: Venezuelan security forces fired tear gas Monday on protesters challenging the reelection victory claimed by President Nicolas Maduro but disputed by the opposition and questioned abroad.

PANAMA CITY: Panamanian lawyer Ramon Fonseca, one of the heads of the now-defunct law firm Mossack Fonseca which was at the epicentre of the global "Panama Papers" scandal, died while awaiting sentencing in his money-laundering trial, his lawyer said on Thursday.

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has no plans yet to detain former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad over allegations of corruption.

GUA MUSANG: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has confirmed that former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is the subject of a graft investigation.

PANAMA CITY: The prosecution sought 12-year prison sentences Wednesday for the founders of a now-defunct law firm at the center of the so-called “Panama Papers” tax evasion scandal.

PANAMA CITY: Twenty-seven people are set to go on trial on Monday for money laundering in connection with the “Panama Papers” tax evasion scandal, which revealed how many of the world’s wealthy stashed assets in offshore companies.

PANAMA CITY: Twenty-seven people are set to go on trial on Monday for money laundering in connection with the “Panama Papers” tax evasion scandal, which revealed how many of the world’s wealthy stashed assets in offshore companies.

WASHINGTON: The United States has said it will attempt to seize two luxury apartments in New York owned by former Mongolian prime minister Sukhbaatar Batbold that it said were bought with the proceeds of a corrupt scheme.

PUTRAJAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has questioned why he has been interrogated “like a common criminal” up to 10 times by the police over the years merely for voicing his opinion.

PUTRAJAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has questioned Tan Sri Azam Baki for going ‘through his son’ instead of relaying any accusations of graft directly to the former prime minister.

PUTRAJAYA: The current government led by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is abusing the law for political means, claims Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has lauded the government's relentless pursuit of justice in penalising corruption, including investigations into prominent figures.

KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will hold a press conference on Monday to address current issues and allegations regarding threats against his son, Mirzan.

KUALA LUMPUR: Special Committee on Corruption (SCC) member Hassan Abdul Karim has expressed concern about former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s claim that his son has been threatened with a prison sentence by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad hits out at the government after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) started to investigate his son over his wealth.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has confirmed summoning former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s eldest son to facilitate an ongoing investigation into his wealth.

The opacity that shrouds beneficial ownership — the real people who profit from a company — has been a shield for the corrupt, enabling them to weave webs of deceit.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been urged to disclose the identities of the ‘wealthy people’ who had threatened to bring down the unity government.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is mulling the proposal to separate the public prosecutor's office from the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC).

GEORGE TOWN: The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) has welcomed the investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) into the secret accounts of Malaysians in tax havens, as revealed in the Pandora Papers.