Najib Razak ya gabatar da kamfen na 1Malaysia a cikin 2009, daga baya ya sanar da soke Dokar Tsaro ta Cikin Gida ta 1960, ta maye gurbinta da Dokar Laifin Tsaro (Mataki na Musamman) na 2012. Duk da haka, wa'adinsa ya ga manyan kalubale, ciki har da kutsawa a Lahad Datu a 2013 zuwa 2013. 'yan bindigar da wani mai da'awar ya aika zuwa ga Sarautar Sarkin Musulmi.Jami’an tsaron Malaysia sun mayar da martani cikin gaggawa, wanda ya kai ga kafa rundunar tsaro ta Gabashin Sabah.Har ila yau, lokacin ya ga bala'o'i tare da jirgin saman Malaysia, yayin da Flight 370 ya bace a 2014, kuma an harbo jirgin 17 a gabashin Ukraine a cikin wannan shekarar.Gwamnatin Najib dai ta fuskanci cece-kuce musamman kan badakalar cin hanci da rashawa ta 1MDB, inda shi da wasu jami’ai ke da hannu wajen almubazzaranci da kudade da suka shafi wani asusun saka hannun jari na gwamnati.Wannan badakalar ta haifar da zanga-zangar da aka yi, wanda ya kai ga sanarwar 'yan kasar Malaysia da kuma gangamin kungiyar Bersih na neman a yi sauye-sauye a zabuka, da tsaftataccen shugabanci da kare hakkin bil'adama.Dangane da zargin cin hanci da rashawa, Najib ya yi yunƙurin siyasa da dama, ciki har da tsige mataimakinsa, gabatar da wani kudurin dokar tsaro mai cike da cece-kuce, da kuma rage yawan tallafin da ya shafi tsadar rayuwa da kuma darajar ma'aikatan ringgit na Malaysia.Dangantaka tsakanin Malaysia da Koriya ta Arewa ta yi tsami a shekarar 2017 bayan kashe Kim Jong-nam a kasar Malaysia.Wannan lamari dai ya dauki hankulan kasashen duniya tare da haifar da dambarwar diflomasiya a tsakanin kasashen biyu.