The Edge chairman gifts $2.6 mil to 1MDB whistle-blower Justo

SINGAPORE (Jan 31): The Edge Media Group chairman Tong Kooi Ong has gifted whistle-blower Xavier Andre Justo RM8.2 million (US$2 million) for his help in exposing wrongdoings at 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

Justo, his wife Laura and four-year-old son Zander visited The Edge Media Group’s office in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, on Jan 31, where they met Tong and group publisher and CEO Ho Kay Tat.

“The gift to Justo is in appreciation of his contribution to Malaysia in helping to expose the kleptocracy of the past government,” said Tong. “Without him, the wrongdoings involving 1MDB, as exposed by The Edge, would not have come to light.”

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