1MDB trial: Jho Low threatened me over reports, says Edge Media Group chairman


KUALA LUMPUR: The Edge Media Group chairman Tan Sri Tong Kooi Ong told the High Court here that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho had threatened him over the news outlet's investigative reporting on the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

Tong, 63, who was testifying during re-examination by lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's RM2.28bil 1MDB corruption trial, said the threat was made in the second meeting between them in 2014.

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