Low Taek Jho (Jho Low)

SINGAPORE (Sept 3): Larry Low Hock Peng, wanted by Malaysian authorities on a charge of ­money-laundering, has ceased to be a substantial shareholder in Singapore-listed Frencken Group, a company of which he was the founding chairman. Larry is the father

SINGAPORE (Aug 30): Larry Low Hock Peng, the father of Jho Low, has ceased to be a substantial shareholder of Frencken Group.

(Aug 30): A Malaysian financier accused of looting billions from investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, has hired several politically connected lawyers in the US to defend his interests in a sprawling Justice Department investigation.

(Aug 24): Malaysia charged fugitive financier Low Taek Jho with money laundering and said it’s seeking Interpol’s help to locate and arrest him, tightening the net around a central figure behind the alleged embezzlement of funds from state investment

SINGAPORE (Aug 24): Jho Taek Low (Jho Low), the alleged mastermind behind Malaysia’s scandal-ridden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), is defiant despite criminal charges being filed against him earlier today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 24): Malaysian police today filed the first set of criminal charges against Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) and his father over money allegedly stolen from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

(Aug 21): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday that the Chinese-funded US$20 billion ($27.4 billion) East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project and a natural gas pipeline project in Sabah will be cancelled for now, according to media reports

SINGAPORE (Aug 14): Singapore has confirmed that a private jet, reportedly owned by Low Taek Jho, the alleged 1Malaysia Development Bhd mastermind, is parked at Seletar Airport.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Malaysia is seeking to repossess a US$35 million ($48.1 million) private jet owned by financier Low Taek Jho as part of investigations into a multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on S

(Aug 5): A central figure in a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal at a Malaysian state fund says a decision by Indonesia to hand over a US$250 million ($341.6 million) yacht to Malaysia violates US and Indonesia laws.