KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian government on Monday ousted the chairman of a state-owned bank for his role in tampering with the auditor general's report on the scandal-tainted state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
Shukry Salleh's three-year contract with Bank Rakyat has been terminated effective immediately on the order of the minister of entrepreneur development, the bank's owner, following a weekend report that revealed the chairman's involvement in concealing financier Low Taek Jho's role in the 1MDB matter.
