1MDB trial: Jho Low was Najib's 'alter ego', High Court told


KUALA LUMPUR: Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho was the mirror image of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, as far as the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) wrongdoings are concerned, the High Court here heard.

Lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram said in his opening statement before High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah that Low, better known as Jho Low, was the alter ego of the former premier and that the duo acted as one.

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