Former Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak's son was spotted wining and dining an actress in Taiwan a day after his father was charged in Malaysia over RM42 million from a former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) unit.

Who broke the news?

Taiwan's Apple Daily claimed it witnessed Najib's son, Mohd Nazifuddin Najib, dining and gallivanting with the actress on Thursday, July 5.

The duo appeared to have been filmed the entire day for several hours and did not suspect they were being tailed. Najib's son also did not do anything to conceal his identity.

The woman has been identified by the publication as Celia Zhang.

Najib was officially charged in court on Wednesday, July 4.

What did the duo do?

The duo were purportedly at a steak restaurant in the Breeze Xinyi mall near Taiwan capital's iconic Taipei 101 tower.

The two were seen drinking multiple glasses of red wine in a relaxed atmosphere.

Their meal was said to have lasted three hours, with two bottles of red wine uncorked.

The duo were subsequently seen taking a taxi to a massage parlour, before having a candlelight dinner and spending two hours at a bar.

Nazifuddin has been listed as both 30 and 31 years old this year.

Where did they end up?

Apple Daily claimed that the two then took another taxi ride to the Grand Hyatt hotel at around 1am.

Nazifuddin was noted to have written a Facebook post at 9.58pm the same night to show his support for his father, who was charged with corruption.

If true, it means that Nazifuddin's note allegedly took place while he was having a candlelight dinner with the actress.

Was there proof of the duo's activities?

The Apple Daily report came with a video clip showing brief footage and photos of the duo together taken in typical spy cam paparazzi fashion.

The report also said that Nazifuddin was seen together with the actress after he alighted from the plane on Thursday for his trip to Taiwan.

Just good friends, apparently

When Zhang was queried by the media outlet about the duo's Thursday meeting that was caught on video, the actress replied Apple Daily via her spokesman: "He is just a good friend that I have known for many years and who came to Taiwan to visit, I acted as his guide and accompanied him."

Just having drinks

The actress reportedly clarified that they only had more drinks when they were sighted at the Grand Hyatt hotel.

She was quoted as saying: "We only drank at the Grand Hyatt's bar, his mood was not good because his family member was ill, after that he went up to rest and I then left.”

Did not talk politics

The actress also said they did not discuss the news about Najib.

Zhang reportedly told the news site she and Najib’s son generally avoided politics due to the sensitive nature of the topic.

Actress initially didn't know about Najib's son's background

Apple Daily said Nazifuddin returned to Malaysia on Friday morning.

It also claimed that the former Umno president's son was first introduced to the actress by friends in Taiwan three years ago.

The newspaper claimed that the actress previously did not know of Nazifuddin's status and background, and had only started close communications with him recently after she became single again.

Actress is of Chinese-Vietnamese descent

In a separate report by Apple Daily, the actress is reported to be 34 years old and is a former model of Chinese-Vietnamese parentage.

She is now an actress and has been in the entertainment industry for four years.

Najib's son out of politics

In a March 29, 2018 statement posted on his Facebook account, Nazifuddin had announced then that he was temporarily withdrawing himself from the political arena until he feels it is appropriate to be active in Umno again.

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