News about Jho Low

KUALA LUMPUR (June 18): The hearing of the prosecution's reply to a challenge against forfeiture proceedings concerning over RM31 million in assets and valuables linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has now been deferred to July 23, after the present Movement Control Order (MCO 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): The hearing for the fixing of a date for the auction of an apartment in Mont'Kiara that previously belonged to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) former general counsel Jasmine Loo Ai Swan has been postponed to July 29, 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): Penang-born fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) (pictured) and rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel were on Thursday charged in the US District of Columbia with orchestrating an unregistered, back-channel campaign in 2017 linked to former US president Donald Trump to have investigations related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) be dropped, and to send a Chinese dissident back to China.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): The multibillion ringgit suit filed by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) against foreign banks Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Coutts & Co is set for case management on July 28.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): The judge assigned to hear the US$1.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lawyer likened fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) (pictured) to "an octopus with plenty of tentacles" at the High Court today in seeking to highlight Low's elaborate plan to siphon off billions of dollars from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): The High Court here had today ordered Eric Tan Kim Loong, who is also known as "Fat Eric", to pay almost RM68 million in tax arrears from 2010 to 2013 to the Malaysian government following legal action against Tan by the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).

PUTRAJAYA (April 20): The BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) messages between purported master conspirator Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, and former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping admitted by the defence as evidence had actually further incriminated former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak of wrongdoing surrounding the RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd that went into his personal accounts, the prosecution argued today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): The High Court has fixed May 31 to hear former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's application to compel the prosecution to supply documents in relation to his discovery application on Goldman Sachs-related matters and items in his 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): The High Court has set May 5 for the next case management of the Inland Revenue Board's (IRB) RM68 million suit against Jho Low's right-hand man Eric Tan Kim Loong, aka "Fat Eric", for tax arrears from 2010 to 2013.