The correspondence, part of the recently released Epstein files, described Anwar Ibrahim as someone who could benefit a US investment banker should he become prime minister.
February 1, 2026 3:19 PM3 minute read
February 1, 2026 3:19 PM3 minute read
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been asked to explain an email correspondence involving US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in which the Pakatan Harapan leader's name was mentioned favourably.
Questions have been raised over Anwar Ibrahim's ties with one of the world's most prominent sexual predators in recent decades, after a copy of a 2012 email exchange released as part of the Epstein files showed the prime minister's name being touted as someone who could open up a "gold mine" for US investment bank JP Morgan.
The email was among millions of pages of files released by the US Department of Justice, part of a legal requirement to make public unclassified records related to the investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein, the man at the centre of a major sex trafficking scandal that has implicated some of the most prominent US politicians and financiers.
In one of the emails published by White House, where the names of the senders other than Epstein were redacted, an individual claiming to be close to Anwar proposed arranging a meeting between him and one "Jes".
Jes is believed to refer to Jes Staley, an American banker who subsequently resigned from JP Morgan following revelations about his relationship with Epstein.
"Should we arrange a private meeting for Jes with Anwar Ibrahim?" the person asked Epstein in the email dated Feb 21, 2012, four years after he pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from girls as young as 14.
"If he becomes prime minister of malaysia he will clean up and it could be a gold mine for JPM. I know Anwar well, always stayed close to him for many years even though everybody said he's finished and can never come back. Looks different now," reads the unedited email to Epstein.
Epstein responded warmly to the proposal and asked if Anwar would be available for a meeting either in Europe or the US, to which he was told that Anwar might be visiting Europe the following month.
"Will check re USA. May in Malaysia is also possible but it will depend when elections will be called," it added.
Questions have been raised over Anwar Ibrahim's ties with one of the world's most prominent sexual predators in recent decades, after a copy of a 2012 email exchange released as part of the Epstein files showed the prime minister's name being touted as someone who could open up a "gold mine" for US investment bank JP Morgan.
The email was among millions of pages of files released by the US Department of Justice, part of a legal requirement to make public unclassified records related to the investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein, the man at the centre of a major sex trafficking scandal that has implicated some of the most prominent US politicians and financiers.
In one of the emails published by White House, where the names of the senders other than Epstein were redacted, an individual claiming to be close to Anwar proposed arranging a meeting between him and one "Jes".
Jes is believed to refer to Jes Staley, an American banker who subsequently resigned from JP Morgan following revelations about his relationship with Epstein.
"Should we arrange a private meeting for Jes with Anwar Ibrahim?" the person asked Epstein in the email dated Feb 21, 2012, four years after he pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from girls as young as 14.
"If he becomes prime minister of malaysia he will clean up and it could be a gold mine for JPM. I know Anwar well, always stayed close to him for many years even though everybody said he's finished and can never come back. Looks different now," reads the unedited email to Epstein.
Epstein responded warmly to the proposal and asked if Anwar would be available for a meeting either in Europe or the US, to which he was told that Anwar might be visiting Europe the following month.
"Will check re USA. May in Malaysia is also possible but it will depend when elections will be called," it added.
Jeffrey Epstein.
Epstein then suggested that he could meet Anwar in Paris alongside filmmaker Woody Allen: "You can tell him that Woody Allen, is with me in paris, and many countries are offereing him money to mae a movie in their country„ midngiht in paris, chirstin barcelona , bop, rome, etc," [Unedited].
MalaysiaNow is unable to determine Anwar's overseas destinations during that period, or whether any such meetings took place.
Epstein was convicted in 2008 of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute, for which he spent 13 months in jail.
He died mysteriously in a New York prison in 2019 as he awaited trial on fresh charges of running a vast network of underage girls for sex.
Mahathir's warning
Meanwhile, about two weeks after the correspondence in February 2012, former leader Dr Mahathir Mohamad accused Anwar of being a tool of the US, and warned that the PKR leader would do the bidding of the Zionist lobby should he become prime minister.
"Malaysia is independent. But when foreign powers could change the Malaysian government through various illegal means, will Malaysia remain independent?" Mahathir asked in a blog post on March 6,2012.
The statement also came just two months after Washington welcomed Anwar's acquittal by the High Court over a charge of sodomising his former aide Saiful Bukhary Mohd Azlan.
"The ruling reflects favorably on the independence of Malaysia's judiciary and presents an opportunity for all Malaysians to focus on the future," a US official had then said in a statement.
Anwar was subsequently convicted of the same charge in 2014.
Bersatu: 'Come clean on gold mine'
A Bersatu leader urged the prime minister to come clean on the revelation.
Epstein then suggested that he could meet Anwar in Paris alongside filmmaker Woody Allen: "You can tell him that Woody Allen, is with me in paris, and many countries are offereing him money to mae a movie in their country„ midngiht in paris, chirstin barcelona , bop, rome, etc," [Unedited].
MalaysiaNow is unable to determine Anwar's overseas destinations during that period, or whether any such meetings took place.
Epstein was convicted in 2008 of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute, for which he spent 13 months in jail.
He died mysteriously in a New York prison in 2019 as he awaited trial on fresh charges of running a vast network of underage girls for sex.
Mahathir's warning
Meanwhile, about two weeks after the correspondence in February 2012, former leader Dr Mahathir Mohamad accused Anwar of being a tool of the US, and warned that the PKR leader would do the bidding of the Zionist lobby should he become prime minister.
"Malaysia is independent. But when foreign powers could change the Malaysian government through various illegal means, will Malaysia remain independent?" Mahathir asked in a blog post on March 6,2012.
The statement also came just two months after Washington welcomed Anwar's acquittal by the High Court over a charge of sodomising his former aide Saiful Bukhary Mohd Azlan.
"The ruling reflects favorably on the independence of Malaysia's judiciary and presents an opportunity for all Malaysians to focus on the future," a US official had then said in a statement.
Anwar was subsequently convicted of the same charge in 2014.
Bersatu: 'Come clean on gold mine'
A Bersatu leader urged the prime minister to come clean on the revelation.
Na'im Brundage.
"As the prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim must come forward and provide a full explanation to protect the dignity and integrity of the country's institution of leadership," said Bersatu Youth spokesman Na’im Brundage.
He said it was troubling that Anwar had been touted as someone who could open up a "gold mine" for JP Morgan.
"This raises serious questions that should be clarified openly to avoid any negative perceptions that could undermine the people's confidence," he said.
The latest revelation comes as Anwar faces increasing pressure to cancel the Malaysia-US Reciprocal Trade Agreement (ART) he signed last October, a deal experts have criticised as one-sided and reducing Malaysia’s status to that of a vassal state of the US.
Anwar and Pakatan Harapan leaders have defended the deal as a way to persuade Washington to reduce President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, but it later emerged as a document filled with clauses forcing Malaysia to align with American geopolitical interests, along with heavily skewed conditions favouring the US economy.
He said it was troubling that Anwar had been touted as someone who could open up a "gold mine" for JP Morgan.
"This raises serious questions that should be clarified openly to avoid any negative perceptions that could undermine the people's confidence," he said.
The latest revelation comes as Anwar faces increasing pressure to cancel the Malaysia-US Reciprocal Trade Agreement (ART) he signed last October, a deal experts have criticised as one-sided and reducing Malaysia’s status to that of a vassal state of the US.
Anwar and Pakatan Harapan leaders have defended the deal as a way to persuade Washington to reduce President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, but it later emerged as a document filled with clauses forcing Malaysia to align with American geopolitical interests, along with heavily skewed conditions favouring the US economy.
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