Hong Kong refused to arrest businessman in 2016, says Singapore


SINGAPORE: Singapore said its 2016 request to Hong Kong authorities to arrest Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, for alleged money laundering and dealing with stolen property was not acted on, refuting media reports saying it did not ask for him to be apprehended.

The request for assistance to provisionally arrest Low – a central figure in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) investigation – was sent to the Hong Kong Department of Justice in April 2016, a representative for Singapore’s police said yesterday in response to Bloomberg News queries.

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