The answer to whether Malaysia is a kleptocracy lies abroad, says WSJ

MALAYSIANS’ best hope to knowing if their country is a kleptocracy lies in the findings of civil and criminal courts elsewhere due to Putrajaya’s inaction over the 1MDB scandal, says the Wall Street Journal today.

On Sunday, Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, which the WSJ editorial noted was Prime Minister Najib Razak’s cousin, urged the US to press criminal charges so that the accused “can clear their name”.