News about Jho Low

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom testified today that former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak had made a request for donations from the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Dr Steven Strach, the document expert appointed by the defence in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, is currently going through the disputed exhibits containing the signatures of the former premier.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is charging Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), Tarek Obaid, Patrick Mahony for engaging in criminal conspiracy involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): The fourth witness in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, former Malaysian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Arab Saudi Professor Datuk Syed Omar Alsagoff, told the court that he was informed by the former premier — and not by the palace — of the purpose of the Saudi donation.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 5): An ex-executive from Goldman Sachs Group Inc has been permanently barred from the banking industry by the US Federal Reserve, for his involvement in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) corruption case.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): All Goldman Sachs cases in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) bond sales that were previously charged at the magistrates' court will now be heard at the High Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former AmBank relationship manager Krystle Yap Wy-Sze said she was under instructions to expedite several cash deposits into ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's accounts at AmBank.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): For the second day in a row, former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak recited a religious oath from the witness stand, denying that he had sought gratification with regard to the RM42 million, allegedly from SRC International Sdn Bhd, that was in his bank account.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the court today that the RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd which found its way into his personal accounts was put there by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho to disguise the latter's own purloining of billions of ringgit from 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping has today been allowed by the High Court here to defer submitting her defence in the suit filed by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak until her bid to strike out the suit is heard first.