Witness agrees that Jho Low placed ‘people around him’ in TIA


KUALA LUMPUR: Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (pic) brought in several “people around him” into the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA), which was later known as 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the High Court heard.

Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, 49, said this during cross-examination when lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah suggested that Low, or better known as Jho Low, brought in three individuals into TIA.

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