Famed Malaysian whistleblower awarded for exposing corruption in government with arrest by police | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Kuala Lumpur (dpa) – A Malaysian court approved the detention of a whistleblower who provided evidence of alleged corruption in a state-owned development fund involving Prime Minister Najib Razak, a senior police official said Sunday. Khairuddin Abu Hassan, a former member of the ruling party, was arrested Friday for “acts undermining parliamentary democracy,” according to criminal…