SYDNEY: Two Australian journalists were arrested and barred from leaving Malaysia after attempting to question Prime Minister Najib Razak about a corruption scandal, national broadcaster ABC said Sunday.

The journalists, who work for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Four Corners investigative program, were detained in the Malaysian city of Kuching late Saturday before being released without charge, the ABC reported.

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