Malaysia’s failure to resolve major corruption scandals is one of the main reasons the country fell seven spots to its worst-ever position in the annual Corruption Perceptions Index, an official of graft watchdog Transparency International (TI) said. The U.S. attorney-general described a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal involving Malaysian state fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad, as the worst form of kleptocracy, and said the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) was working to provide justice to the victims. Despite the 1MDB corruption scandal, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will likely be re-elected next year due to support from rural voters, says Ei Sun Oh of RSIS.