Probe Jho Low, Lim urges IRB


KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minis­ter Lim Guan Eng said he has asked the Inland Revenue Board to investigate financier Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, and his family in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the state fund at the heart of a massive anti-corruption probe.

“The Inland Revenue Board is asked to investigate Jho Low and his family in relation to any returns or anything received in the 1MDB scandal,” Lim said in a tweet yesterday.

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