Low Taek Jho (Jho Low)

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is hopeful of reaching an out-of-court settlement with Goldman Sachs  over the 1MDB scandal soon, but that compensation of “one point something billion” dollars offered by the bank was

SINGAPORE (Dec 9): On Dec 3, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Abdul Razak took the stand as the first witness in his trial for seven counts of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money-laundering of RM42 million from SRC International, a sub

SINGAPORE (Nov 4): The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has recovered the assets acquired by Low Taek Jho, aka Jho Low, the fugitive businessman wanted in relation to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

SINGAPORE (Oct 30): Low Taek Jho, the alleged mastermind behind the 1MDB saga, has reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice in respect of the civil forfeiture proceedings brought against him, The Edge Singapore understands.

SINGAPORE (Sept 30): Amid what has turned out to be a week of explosive revelations from a former CEO of the troubled 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), investment bank Goldman Sachs Group now wants to make amends for its role in the scandal that saw RM

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had told his special officer and fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, aka Jho Low, to cut infrastructure deals involving rail and gas pipelines with China's state-owned enterprises to bai

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): At least two overseas bank accounts were opened and managed by Low Taek Jho to place political funds on behalf of Datuk Seri Najib Razak to help Barisan Nasional win Penang in the 13th General Election (GE13), the High Court was tol

(Sept 3): Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak is facing the biggest set of charges yet in his second 1MDB trial, which is set to shed light on the troubled state fund’s billion-dollar bond deals and acquisitions.

(Aug 29): This case concerns the monies of a company called 1Malaysia Development Bhd, widely known as 1MDB.

SINGAPORE (Aug 12): “To my understanding, OP was a term — Optimus Prime, I don’t know — to refer to the Prime Minister.” — AmBank relationship liaison manager Joanna Yu, referring to the alias used by Jho Low for former Malaysian prime ministe