Kuwaiti court sentences Jho Low in absentia to 10 years' jail


PETALING JAYA: Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in absentia by a Kuwaiti court on money laundering charges.

According to a report in Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas, the criminal court had sentenced Jho Low, a sheikh, his partner and a foreigner to 10-year jail terms.

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