No info about Jho Low in Myanmar, says IGP

KUALA LUMPUR: The police have no information about claims that Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, is hiding in Myanmar.

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain also said the military junta-led country had not provided the police with any information about the fugitive businessman, who is a key figure in the 1MDB scandal.

“We will provide Myanmar with whatever information we have,” Razarudin told the media at the police’s training centre here.

“Myanmar (police) will also give us whatever information we ask of them as they are also part of Aseanapol.

“So far, we have no information about this, and Myanmar has not given us any information.”

On Tuesday, former prime minister Najib Razak’s lawyer Shafee Abdullah said he believed Jho Low was hiding in Myanmar.

Shafee said he reached this conclusion based on testimony from former 1MDB in-house lawyer Jasmine Loo in court.

In May, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard that Low was the “puppet master” in determining how 1MDB made its investments, despite holding no position in the GLC.

This was according to testimony from Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigating officer Nur Aida Arifin during cross-examination by Shafee in Najib’s corruption trial.

Malaysian and US investigators estimate a total of US$4.5 billion was siphoned from 1MDB, which was established in 2009.