News about Jho Low

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): In his first interview with the media since fleeing Malaysia in 2015, Penang-born fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known Jho Low, repeated that he is a scapegoat for the alleged fraud of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), according to reports from ST published today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): The prosecution in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial is seeking to impeach Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak for the difference in the former prime minister's statements made to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and his testimony.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): Jho Low, or Low Taek Jho, a fugitive linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) financial scandal said in an interview published today that he was merely an intermediary for 1MDB deals.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 19): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak admitted today that he may have signed the Minister of Finance Inc (MoF Inc) shareholders meeting minutes to have Article 117 included in SRC International Sdn Bhd's memorandum of articles of association (M&A).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 19): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said he had a 'sense' that there's money in his private account without checking his account balance when he wrote a cheque amounting to RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s SRC International Sdn Bhd trial showed yesterday that the former premier had ordered the appointment of directors to the company even before the board of its parent 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) had approved the proposal via a directors’ circular resolution (DCR).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak backtracked on his previous claim that his signatures in several documents related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd were forged and manipulated, admitting today that he could not confirm whether the signatures on the documents were his or not.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 18): The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) named former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak as a recipient of kickbacks from bonds raised by former Goldman Sachs executive Tim Leissner for 1MDB, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): The High Court here today has vacated the January and February trial dates of Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah's International Petroleum International Corp (IPIC) case.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak maintained his position that despite his agreement to a suggestion that the Retirement Fund Incorporated (KWAP) extends a RM2 billion loan to SRC International Sdn Bhd, the decision still lies with KWAP's investment board on whether to approve or reject the loan.