SINGAPORE: Former BSI banker Yeo Jiawei had a close working relationship with controversial Malaysian tycoon Low Taek Jho, a central figure in the scandal-hit 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund, a court heard Tuesday. Their working relationship was so close that Yeo accompanied Low, better known as Jho Low, on his private jet for work trips, including to Las Vegas last year to catch a boxing match. Yeo had a selfie taken with boxer Mike Tyson, said Swampillai, testifying on the second day of the 1MDB-related trial. After Yeo left BSI, both men communicated fairly openly but "as the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) investigations began, communications were almost exclusively through Telegram and use of secondary phone", he said. After Yeo left BSI, he became known by his code name "James" to individuals in circles he was involved with, including Low, Swampillai said.

Source: The Star November 02, 2016 02:47 UTC