News about Jho Low

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): The involvement of fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) had to be kept under wraps, as there were people within Umno who were unhappy with his direct access to Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured), the High Court was told.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court here that he had meetings with former Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Datuk Seri Hasan Arifin after attending a PAC hearing in 2015 to be briefed on the contents of the report that was to be tabled in Parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR (OCt 1): The Tun Razak Exchange (TRX), previously known as the Kuala Lumpur International Financial District (KLIFD), was “vital” for 13th General Elections, former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi testified yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): In his testimony yesterday, former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the court of several occasions whereby approvals for the ventures of the troubled state investment fund were fast tracked, obtaining approvals within a matter of days.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 30): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court today he was not aware Aabar Investment PJS Ltd (Aabar BVI), the company which 1MDB paid US$576.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): Four cheques issued by members of the Arab royal family that were made out to Yayasan 1MDB, dated 2010 for US$25 million each but never cashed, were produced in the High Court here by the prosecution during Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): Low Taek Jho and disgraced Goldman Sachs ex-banker Tim Leissner played “matchmaker” in the meeting between former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and Goldman Sachs’ then-chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Lloyd Craig Blankfein in 2009, the High Court was told yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Former 1MDB chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court today that he sought the opinion of Low Taek Jho on whether to take over T.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Senior deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram produced a document showing that Red Granite Productions Inc had received US$10.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): In March 2011, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak signed fabricated minutes of a meeting with 1DMB chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi that was drafted by Low Taek Jho, the High Court was told today.