IGP insists Jho Low, 1MDB fugitives in Macau, pleads with Chinese authorities to ‘act responsibly’
Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador speaks during a press conference at Bukit Aman headquarters July 10,2020. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — The alleged 1MDB mastermind and other suspects in the scandal are believed to be hiding out in China, Malaysia’s police chief said today, urging authorities there to help hunt down the fugitives.
Billions of dollars were stolen from sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad and bankrolled a global spending spree, with looted cash used to buy everything from pricey art to real estate.
Former Malaysian leader Datuk Seri Najib Razak lost power in 2018 over his involvement in the fraud and was last week convicted in a 1MDB-linked trial, but several other suspects remain at large.
The most prominent is Low Taek Jho, a bespectacled, chubby financier known for partying with Hollywood A-listers and accused of being the scandal’s mastermind.
Malaysian police said last week Low was believed to be hiding in the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Macau — but Beijing swiftly shot down the suggestion, insisting it does not harbour foreign criminals.
However, Malaysia’s Inspector-General of Police Abdul Tan Sri Hamid Bador said a woman was arrested this year who had been sending documents to Low in the gambling boomtown, and authorities had concluded he was there.
He also said Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, ex-CEO of a 1MDB unit, was believed to be in Hong Kong while another former official from the fund, Jasmine Loo, was thought to be in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.
“Jho Low is almost freely conducting his business” in Macau, he told AFP in an interview, and appealed for help from authorities. “We want the local authorities, the police, in Macau to act responsibly.”
“Don’t the authorities in Macau have the police instinct to assist us?” he added.
Low’s whereabouts have long been the subject of speculation, and he has been rumoured to be other locations including the United Arab Emirates. He has been charged in Malaysia and China over 1MDB, and denies wrongdoing.
Abdul Hamid also said ties with police in the southern Chinese territory of Hong Kong had deteriorated in recent years, hindering law enforcement efforts there.
Officials in Hong Kong and Macau did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The police chief said it was hard to know when he would succeed in hunting down Low, commonly known as Jho Low, and other fugitives.
“As long as there is a lack of cooperation from authorities in Hong Kong or Macau... it is impossible for me to give any dates,” he said.
But he added: “We will never rest. We will bring them to justice.” — AFP
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — The alleged 1MDB mastermind and other suspects in the scandal are believed to be hiding out in China, Malaysia’s police chief said today, urging authorities there to help hunt down the fugitives.
Billions of dollars were stolen from sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad and bankrolled a global spending spree, with looted cash used to buy everything from pricey art to real estate.
Former Malaysian leader Datuk Seri Najib Razak lost power in 2018 over his involvement in the fraud and was last week convicted in a 1MDB-linked trial, but several other suspects remain at large.
The most prominent is Low Taek Jho, a bespectacled, chubby financier known for partying with Hollywood A-listers and accused of being the scandal’s mastermind.
Malaysian police said last week Low was believed to be hiding in the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Macau — but Beijing swiftly shot down the suggestion, insisting it does not harbour foreign criminals.
However, Malaysia’s Inspector-General of Police Abdul Tan Sri Hamid Bador said a woman was arrested this year who had been sending documents to Low in the gambling boomtown, and authorities had concluded he was there.
He also said Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, ex-CEO of a 1MDB unit, was believed to be in Hong Kong while another former official from the fund, Jasmine Loo, was thought to be in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.
“Jho Low is almost freely conducting his business” in Macau, he told AFP in an interview, and appealed for help from authorities. “We want the local authorities, the police, in Macau to act responsibly.”
“Don’t the authorities in Macau have the police instinct to assist us?” he added.
Low’s whereabouts have long been the subject of speculation, and he has been rumoured to be other locations including the United Arab Emirates. He has been charged in Malaysia and China over 1MDB, and denies wrongdoing.
Abdul Hamid also said ties with police in the southern Chinese territory of Hong Kong had deteriorated in recent years, hindering law enforcement efforts there.
Officials in Hong Kong and Macau did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The police chief said it was hard to know when he would succeed in hunting down Low, commonly known as Jho Low, and other fugitives.
“As long as there is a lack of cooperation from authorities in Hong Kong or Macau... it is impossible for me to give any dates,” he said.
But he added: “We will never rest. We will bring them to justice.” — AFP
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What a raja kerbau when he couldn't (or ???) the former husband of Indira Gandhi. Mind you, early this year, he boasted he knows where K. Pathmanathan (now known as Muhammad Riduan Abdullah) was, in the same boastful way he now claims he knows where Jho Lo is).
But where is Muhammad Riduan even until now? The IGP has been a kerbau-er and we have to assume he is still a kerbau-er vis-a-vis his pompous BS claim that Jho Lo is in Macau.
His allegations have already been dismissed kaukau by Chinese State Security in Macau yet he still insists. God knows what in the world is his motive in kerbau-ing on the whereabouts of Fei Low?
Hamid Bador is useless and should go together with Atuk lah.
Another police misconduct under Thief auspices.
ReplyDeleteWhere is the Accountability for Thief ?
In case people have forgotten, Thief was the THEN IGP's Bossku during 2014 -2018.
ReplyDelete4 long years when most of the fiasco surrounding police inaction on the Indira Gandhi case occurred.
It would have taken a simple phone call from Bossku to force the PIG to take action, but none was forthcoming.
KT always say "who is PM now? who is in charge NOW?
ReplyDeleteLike KT never blamed Jibby for giving Zakar Naik permanent residence. Only hentam Toonsie who inherited the problem, for not kicking him out.
Si Badul was appointed when Muhyiddin was Home Minister, and Muhyiddin is PM now. So if Si Badul is so bad why keep blaming Toonsie. Blame Muhyiddin for not sacking him.
Same like his master...Never tell the truth. Pusing pusing saja.
ReplyDeleteuseless one not suppose to stay meh? the host got it all terbalik due to his infatuation with thief.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, it has been shown and proven many times that the Malay/Muslim elites will protect people of the same race or religion.
ReplyDeleteRemember the cow-head issue? The Low Yat riot?
And they talk so much about Allah and praying don't know how many times daily!!
Remember what Zakir Naik said about supporting the Muslim leader even if he is rotten?
Malaysia as it is, is no place for the nons..it will get worse especially when PAS gets a stronger foothold of the government...do you honestly think Hadi and his gang cares about the nons???
I believe Hadi will one day hope to copy the Maldives where it is mandated that its citizens must embrace Islam
All bunkum!