Low Taek Jho (Jho Low)

(July 19): Has Low Taek Jho, the alleged mastermind of the misappropriation of up to US$4.5 billion ($6.2 billion) from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) sovereign fund, been detained by the Chinese authorities?

SINGAPORE (July 18): Malaysia’s government has appointed Tan Rajah & Cheah, a Singapore law firm, as its solicitors to institute legal action against 53 individuals and companies to claim back the monies allegedly siphoned from 1Malaysia Development Ber

SINGAPORE (July 11): Singapore had asked Hong Kong authorities back in April 2016 to help arrest alleged 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) mastermind Low Taek Jho.

(July 11): Some US$7 billion ($9.5 billion) in funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has circulated in the global financial system, Switzerland Attorney-General Michael Lauber told the press at a media session in Putrajaya on Tuesday, reported The E

(July 10): A former Goldman Sachs Group banker is in talks with US prosecutors to potentially plead guilty to criminal charges stemming from an alleged scheme to steal billions of dollars from a Malaysian state investment fund, the Wall Street Journal rep

SINGAPORE (July 7): Two years ago, when the idea of his return as prime minister of Malaysia seemed all but impossible, Dr Mahathir Mohamad criticised the way Singapore was handling the alleged embezzlement and money laundering of funds from 1Malaysia Dev

SINGAPORE (July 5): Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, and Eric Tan Kim Loong are still very much on the Wanted List of the Singapore Police for their roles in 1MDB corruption scandal, says a police spokesperson.

(July 4): Malaysian authorities have charged former leader Najib Razak with corruption and criminal breach of trust in connection with a multibillion-dollar scandal surrounding state fund 1MDB.

SINGAPORE (June 29): Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) has to set aside RM44.6308 billion ($15.1 billion) from now to pay the remaining interest on four 1MDB bonds and to redeem the principal sums when they expire.

SINGAPORE (June 28): In a private dining room at Singapore’s Taste Paradise restaurant, over a meal of abalone and suckling pig, two Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bankers were explaining a US$1.75 billion ($2.38 billion) bond offering to six executives of a