Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak has defended his remarks that there was no evidence the luxury yacht seized by Indonesian authorities in Bali is owned by 1MDB-link businessperson Jho Low.
He said he had based his remarks on the Equanimity after reviewing the facts in the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) civil forfeiture suit against 1MDB.
"I have seen the documents in the lawsuit. It is an allegation that it (the yacht) belongs to Jho Low, but last year the investigation was suspended and now there are no documents saying as such.
"We are not defending Jho Low at all. I am just stating the facts of the case," Salleh said when met by reporters in Kuala Lumpur today.
He was asked to respond to his predecessor Rais Yatim, who slammed the minister over his remarks that there was no evidence that the Equanimity belongs to Low.
[More to follow]
-Mkini
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