Mahathir's Disastrous Financial Speculation

Sometime over the next few days, a court in Kuala Lumpur will put the finishing touches to an agreement that allows Tajudin Ramli, the former head of Malaysian Airline System, not only to walk away from charges that he had looted the airline of tens of millions of US dollars but with an RM580 million (US$293.2 million) out-of-court settlement from the g…