Although fugitive financier Jho Low allegedly ran the show, Wright added that he did not think Najib is completely innocent either.

According to Wright, the former prime minister knew the money was a "political slush fund, that they were getting hundreds of millions of dollars for Umno, and that his family was getting mansions, and running film companies", which Najib may have seen as benefits to being Malaysia's prime minister then.



"Terribly corrupt. Not saying it's not. But did Najib know that Jho Low had run the fund in a way that took out USD4.5 billion (RM18.6 billion), USD5 billion (RM20 billion), maybe USD6 billion (RM24.8 billion) dollars? I don't think so," Wright said, during the interview.

"I think he (Najib) was disengaged from the day-to-day processes in a way that Jho Low was not. Jho Low was running the show."