Govt has evidence Jho Low kept a lot of the 1MDB money for himself: Malaysian PM Mahathir

PUTRAJAYA - The Malaysian authorities have evidence that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho kept a lot of the money siphoned off from state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad for himself, says Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

"There is still a lot of money missing. The funds we have recovered are less than RM2 billion ," he said. "There is some evidence Jho Low took a lot of money for himself. We have problems trying to detect where he is, but we are still after him," said Dr Mahathir on the efforts of the government to recover the funds allegedly stolen from 1MDB.

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