KUALA LUMPUR: Baby-faced playboy Jho Low, a financier at the centre of Malaysia's 1MDB mega-scandal, may find his days of hobnobbing with celebrities and splurging on property and art are numbered as the new government pledges to bring him to justice. Baby-faced playboy Jho Low, a financier at the centre of Malaysia's 1MDB mega-scandal, may find his days of hobnobbing with celebrities and splurging on property and art are numbered as the new government pledges to bring him to justice. (NSTP file pic)The new government, headed by Najib's ex-mentor Mahathir Mohamad, has reopened probes into the sophisticated fraud and wants to haul Jho Low – whose full name is Low Taek Jho – back to Malaysia. Low, who held no official positions at 1MDB but is believed to have exerted great influence over the fund, has previously denied any wrongdoing. "Jho Low is the key to all this 1MDB debacle," read one post on Facebook.

Source: New Strait Times May 27, 2018 01:30 UTC