washington/kuala lumpur white house urge malaysia thursday demonstrate good governance transparent business climate day u.s. prosecutors sue try seize billion assets say buy money steal state development fund civil lawsuits present potentially thorny issue two countries grow close administration president barack obama visit southeast asian nation twice last two years lawsuits likely affect relations come surprise say u.s. congressional aide concern lot people long time corruption malaysia huge problem aide say criminal charge file scandal surround malaysia 1mdb sovereign wealth fund oversee malaysian prime minister najib razak obama speak generally najib visit malaysia last year need transparency good governance white house spokesman josh earnest say news brief business interest consider business malaysia go look sign good business climate earnest tell reporters malaysian government conspicuous make clear commit transparency good governance kind rule encourage people consider invest malaysia fast-growing economy confidence fairly earnest say najib say response lawsuits government would give full cooperation international investigations 1mdb case malaysia foreign minister anifah aman meet u.s. ambassador malaysia joseph yun thursday discuss lawsuits malaysia highly value bilateral relations unite state call u.s. recognize various step take government malaysia address 1mdb issue ministry say statement thursday night malaysia attorney-general mohamed apandi ali however express strong concern insinuations allegations wrongdoing najib lawsuits say statement none probe conduct law enforcement agencies across globe past year show fund misappropriate 1mdb u.s. investigation large set case bring justice department kleptocracy asset recovery initiative seek forfeiture proceed foreign corruption target assets range valuable paint private jet 2013 hit movie wolf wall street right popular songs civil lawsuits say 3.5 billion misappropriate 1mdb 1mdb say statement party lawsuit assets unite state benefit various transactions describe white house call malaysian transparency wake fund scandal