KUALA LUMPUR – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has agreed to return 12 artworks worth more than US$30 million (S$38.8 million), part of the recovery of assets linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

This follows two rounds of official meetings by Malaysian authorities led by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and DOJ in Washington, DC and New York on Dec 9 and 11.