News about Jho Low

  KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 15): As part of efforts to recover money that was allegedly stolen from the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) fund, US prosecutors are seeking to sell three luxury homes that are linked to Riza Aziz, Datuk Seri Najib Razak's stepson.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 14): Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, more commonly known as Jho Low, fled the country on May 29, 2015, two weeks after his associate Eric Tan Kim Loong had run away.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Since the Interpol issued its Red Notice to arrest fugitives Low Taek Jho and Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil on June 11 last year, efforts to track down the duo has yielded no result, the High Court was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): The trial for Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz (pictured), stepson of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, entailing five charges of money laundering amounting to US$248.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Low Taek Jho had referred to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as "Optimus Prime" — the ultimate leader for Autobots, the main protagonists of the animated alien robot series Transformers, the High Court was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) will not be able to use the ongoing tax amnesty programme to escape criminal prosecution over alleged theft of state funds, says Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, who is known to have facilitated transfers to and from AmBank accounts of Datuk Seri Najib Razak between year 2011 and 2015, may have skipped the former prime minister’s approval in one of those transfers, the High Court was told yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) ordered RM40 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds to be channelled into former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s AmBank accounts in the final week of December 2014 to ensure funds advanced by two Putrajaya Perdana Bhd units could be returned.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): A transfer of RM27 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds — code-named “Eagle 27” — into former premier  Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 880 account was misrepresented by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) as a donation from royalty, when it had actually originated from SRC International Sdn Bhd’s account.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): A former banker told the High Court here today that she refused a lucrative job offer at 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, in November 2013 because she did not want to work with him.