Jho Low
Jho Low | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Low Taek Jho 4 November 1981 George Town, Penang, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BS) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Businessman | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Low Meng Tak (grandfather) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disappeared | 24 December 2019 (aged 38) Shanghai Disneyland, China | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organization | 1Malaysia Development Berhad | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Criminal charge | Money laundering | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wanted by | Interpol | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 刘特佐 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉特佐 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Low Taek Jho (born 4 November 1981) is a Malaysian businessman and fugitive who is wanted by Interpol since 2016 for his key role in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. Jho is alleged to have stolen over US$4.5 billion from the state-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
He is the beneficiary of numerous discretionary trust assets said by the US government to originate from payments out of the 1MDB fund. Low has maintained his innocence and contends that Malaysian authorities are engaging in a campaign of harassment and political persecution due to his prior support of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, whose part in the 1MDB scandal had led to Najib being convicted on seven counts of abuse of power, money laundering and criminal breach of trust.
Low was born a citizen of Malaysia, and from 2011, he also held citizenship in Saint Kitts and Nevis, which was revoked in 2019, and Cyprus from 2015 until it was revoked in 2024.