Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to three charges of money laundering on Wednesday, The Straits Times reports. He was charged with receiving a total of RM42 million (S$14.1 million) as proceeds of illegal activities between December 2014 and February 2015. The charges followed another legal proceedings involving Najib where he is charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of abuse of power over funds totalling RM42 million  belonging to SRC International, a former subsidiary of state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Quoting Malaysian investigators, The Wall Street Journal reported last month that money intended for infrastructure projects under China’s One Belt One Road economic expansion plan were diverted to offshore companies and were used to pay nearly $700 million of debt owed by 1MDB.