Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said bringing back fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, to face justice is no easy task.
Low, who is believed to be in China, is wanted by Malaysian police over his alleged role in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) corruption and bribery scandal.
The extradition of Low from China is not possible because Malaysia and China do not have an agreement on the extradition process.
“We cannot blame the government because we do not have an agreement with a certain country. Even if we appealed, China may say it is just a diplomatic application and ignore it. So, in such a situation, it may become a stumbling block to the authorities like police or Home Ministry to act,” he said.
Wan Junaidi said this to reporters when met at the sidelines of the of the Simposium University Malaya-National University of Singapore Hybrid: Constitutional Amendments and The Basic Structure in Malaysia today.
Asked if it is impossible to bring back Low, Wan Junaidi said: “I didn’t say ‘impossible’, but it is not easy.”
Low has been charged in Malaysia and the US for allegedly siphoning US$4.5 billion from 1MDB.
- Bernama
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