Low Taek Jho (Jho Low)

(June 22): Malaysia will seek to recoup US$4.5 billion ($6.1 billion) of funds that were potentially lost through 1MDB, as well as fees paid to Goldman Sachs Group, according to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

LANGKAWI (June 21): Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak says he shouldn’t be blamed for the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, and declares he knows nothing about money from the state fund appearing in his personal account.

(June 16): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has rejected an offer by Low Taek Jho to drop his claim to assets frozen by US authorities in return for immunity from prosecution over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, the Wall Street Journal (WS

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Malaysian authorities investigating scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) are considering charging former prime minister Najib Razak with money laundering and misappropriation of property, a source familiar wit

SINGAPORE (June 14): The US Department of Justice (DoJ) described Eric Tan Kim Loong, 40, as an associate of Low Taek Jho or Jho Low.

(June 13): Malaysia’s attorney general will start his review of 1MDB investigation papers, signalling that charges linked to the troubled state fund may be imminent.

SINGAPORE (June 8): Singapore authorities said they issued warrants of arrest for Low Taek Jho and Eric Tan Kim Loong back in April and May 2016, following investigations of 1MDB-related fund flows through the financial system here that began in March 201

KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (June 7): Malaysian authorities conducting a probe into troubled state investment fund 1MDB have issued an arrest warrant for financier Low Taek Jho and are preparing warrants for two others, including a former Goldman Sachs Group I

(June 7): Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho said he will help in an investigation linked to scandal-hit state fund 1MDB after the anti-graft agency summoned him for questioning.

PUTRAJAYA (June 7): The authorities have sufficient information that Low Taek Jho or Jho Low is among the main criminals that caused the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal to become the biggest crime in the world, said Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyi