Abstract

On the basis of what various experts in their fields have pointed out as the causes for the 1MDB scandal a total of nine is laid out in this first part of a series of writing on the causes for the 1MDB scandal Sites where the nine 1MDB causes are raised include local news portals or freely accessible foreign based websites and these are in contrast to later parts of the series whereupon the causes are found to be elaborated upon in materials such as research papers In rounding out the discussion of the various causes leading to the delineation of a total of five points that should be worth considering China s Belt and Road Initative BRI public procurement process and the state of poverty in today s Malaysia are looked into