KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian court Wednesday approved the government's application to bar PetroSaudi International and its chief executive from accessing $340 million connected to the scandal-wracked 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.

Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Ahmad Shahrir Salleh said there was enough evidence to show that the money involved was linked to money-laundering activities.

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