‘Over US$1m spent to prop up Jho Low’s reputation’
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 15): The legal team supporting Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) has spent more than US$1.
PAC’s probe into ‘tampered’ 1MDB audit report to start Dec 4
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 14): The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will kick off its investigation in the first week of December this year into the allegations the 2016 Auditor-General’s Report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has been tampered with.
Jho Low's St Kitts and Nevis passport deactivated — report
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): The government of St Kitts and Nevis had in June this year deactivated Low Taek Jho's (pictured) passport through Interpol after a broad media and criminal database check, the St Kitts & Nevis Observer reported on Tuesday.
Rosmah's trial: Defence lawyers say have until Dec 6 to apply for case transfer to High Court
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's lawyers said today they have until this December 6 to update the Sessions Court here on their application to transfer her money-laundering and tax-evasion case to the High Court.
1MDB probe : Singapore says article on Lee Hsien Loong 'fake news, clearly libellous'
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): The High Commission of the Republic of Singapore in Malaysia said a news article alleging Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) key investigation target is fake news and clearly libellous.
Jho Low maintains innocence after US indictment
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, has maintained his innocence after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted him, along with two former Goldman Sachs bankers, on Thursday (Nov 1) for conspiring to launder billions of dollars embezzled from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
Najib’s PR chief Stadlen wanted in 1MDB probe
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has sought the public’s help to track down Paul Geoffrey Stadlen to assist in the high-profile 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case.
US DoJ indicts Jho Low, Leissner, Roger Ng over 1MDB
NEW YORK (Nov 2): A three-count criminal indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in the eastern district of New York charging Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, and Ng Chong Hwa, also known as Roger Ng, with conspiring to launder billions of dollars embezzled from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), a government strategic investment fund, and conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by paying bribes to various Malaysian and Abu Dhabi officials.
Sale of Jho Low's jet gets US court approval
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): A US federal court has approved the agreement between the Department of Justice (DoJ) and Global One Aviation (Global 5000) Ltd for the sale of the Bombardier Global 5000 jet linked to businessman Low Taek Jho, to ensure the parties' legal rights with respect to the jet are maintained.
Najib’s two graft cases moved to High Court
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Case management of charges against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak involving misappropriation of funds from the 1MDB state investment fund and its former unit SRC International Sdn Bhd has been set for Nov 29.
