News about Jho Low

  GEORGE TOWN (June 12): Friend of Low Taek Jho (pictured) aka Jho Low’s family Yan Lee has stated that “the public and authorities” should not to “prejudge” the fugitive businessman over the 1MDB corruption scandal, reported the Malay Mail today.

  KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): Penang-based NGO Citizens Awareness Chant Group (CHANT) has attacked Putrajaya’s seizure of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (pictured) or Jho Low's Penang family bungalow over the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

  KUALA LUMPUR (June 1): A viral message statting that fugitive businessman Jho Low had been arrested by China authorities "is incorrect", Inspector-General of Police Hamid Bador (pictured) told the media through WhatsApp today.

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that it is hypocritical for Low to denounce Mahathir for human rights abuses when Low was more than happy to benefit from human rights abuses when it suited his personal interests.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 31): Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, more popularly known as Jho Low, disseminated this open letter to the media through his public relations firm after the High Court ruled that parties claiming to have interest in any of the RM31 million worth of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-related assets which were seized by the government, have until Aug 30 to challenge the assets forfeiture.

  PETALING JAYA (May 30): Two luxury condominiums belonging to Jho Low, allegedly bought with money stolen from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) are to be sold as part of U.

The Edge reports that the police have established a connection between fugitive businessperson Jho Low and jewellery that was seized from apartments linked to former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): The serving of a property forfeiture by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) to Low Taek Jho’s (aka Jho Low) mother, Goh Gaik Ewe, is a violation of “fair and lawful process” and infringes on her fundamental rights, a spokesperson said via the wanted businessman’s lawyers.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 17): Rapper Pras Michel said in Washington yesterday that he is innocent of criminal charges that he conspired to funnel funds into Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential re-election, reported Reuters.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 17): While Jho Low's mother Goh Gaik Ewe has yet to receive the cause papers in relation to the government's move to recover assets belonging to her, former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and 15 other parties, she has appointed two lawyers to represent her in this morning's forfeiture proceedings.