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More questions than answers on Jho Low's ties
(July 22): The SRC trial, which entered its 40th day last week, revealed a fresh link between Datuk Seri Najib Razak and fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho — also known as Jho Low — in the transfer of US$681 million ($927 million) allegedly belonging t
July 22, 2019
1MDB Watch
Jho Low was at Najib's home when AmBank MD facilitated opening of ex-PM's account
The witness also told the court that AmBank's involvement with 1Malaysia Development Bhd began in 2009, when 1MDB became a corporate client of the bank.
During examination-in-chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Suhaimi Ibrahim, Cheah also said
July 18, 2019
1MDB Watch
Deutsche Bank faces US Justice Department probe over 1MDB
SINGAPORE (July 15): The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating Deutsche Bank as part of a broadened probe of Malaysia’s scandal-plagued 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) investment fund, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
July 12, 2019
1MDB Watch
Deutsche Bank faces US DoJ probe over 1MDB
SINGAPORE (July 12): The US Department of Justice is investigating Deutsche Bank AG as part of a broadened probe of Malaysia’s scandal-plagued 1MDB investment fund, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
July 12, 2019
1MDB Watch
Secret 736 bank account opened months before SRC came under 1MDB or directors were appointed
KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): The controversial — and so-called secret — 736 bank account of SRC International Sdn Bhd was opened on Jan 7, 2011 — some eight months before the company was acquired by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) in August, at which poi
July 08, 2019
1MDB Watch
Najib's stepson Riza Aziz pleads not guilty to laundering 1MDB funds
KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Riza Aziz, stepson of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, pleaded not guilty to all five charges of money laundering amounting to US$248.17 million ($336.4 million) belonging to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) between April 12, 2011 and Nov 14
July 05, 2019
1MDB Watch
Hollywood producer Riza Aziz faces five counts of laundering US$248 mil
KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Hollywood producer Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz, the stepson of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, has been charged with five counts of money laundering at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today for receiving unlawful proceeds totalli
July 05, 2019
Global Economy
Briefs
SINGAPORE (July 8): “Large organisations respond to leadership, not administrative heads and not managers but leaders, and Iacocca was a brilliant leader.” — Long-time car industry executive Bob Lutz, describing his mentor Lee Iacocca, who led Ford,
July 05, 2019
1MDB Watch
Leissner of 1MDB infamy banned for life by HK too
SINGAPORE (July 8): Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) banned former Goldman Sachs Group banker Tim Leissner from the city’s financial industry for life.
July 05, 2019
1MDB Watch
Two Malaysians, apart from Jho Low, profited from the 2009 1MDB bond flip
(June 26): Vincent Cheah and Shaik Aqmal also started The Malaysian Insider in 2007 before Jho Low took over the funding from 2010 to 2014, investigations reveal.
June 26, 2019