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Malaysia 1MDB scandal: Jho Low would take documents to Najib Razak’s Kuala Lumpur home, ex-counsel Jasmine Loo tells courts

  • Ex-1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo told Malaysia’s High Court she would prepare documents for Jho Low, who would hand-deliver them to Najib Razak
  • Najib is on trial for 25 charges in total – four for abuse of power that allegedly benefited him US$476 million

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Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) general counsel Jasmine Loo told the High Court that she would wait outside Najib Razak’s house in Jalan Langgak Duta while fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, went in to have Najib sign 1MDB-related documents.
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Loo, who is the prosecution’s 50th witness, said this when questioned by Deputy Public Prosecutor Deepa Nair Thevaharan at Najib’s 1MDB trial on Wednesday.

“There were times when Jho Low would come out of Najib’s house and take documents from me.
Jasmine Loo told Malaysia’s High Court she would wait outside Najib Razak’s house while Jho Low, went in to have Najib sign 1MDB-related documents. Photo: SCMPOST
Jasmine Loo told Malaysia’s High Court she would wait outside Najib Razak’s house while Jho Low, went in to have Najib sign 1MDB-related documents. Photo: SCMPOST

“I didn’t enter Najib’s residence, I just waited at the gate,” she said.

In her 63-page witness statement, Loo said that in 2012 and 2013, she prepared documents – special rights redeemable preference shareholder resolution (SRRP) and minutes by a representative of holding company (MR) – by printing them and placing them in a folder.

“I gave them to Jho Low by hand delivery anywhere that Jho Low directed, including at Najib’s door at his residence in Langgak Duta, Kuala Lumpur.

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“If not, I would give the plastic folder to any individual directed by Jho Low, and that individual would hand it over to Jho Low to obtain the signature. Only after the signature was obtained, Jho Low would hand over the SSRP and MR to me personally, or to any individual to be given to me.

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