Bukit Aman contacts Macau cops for Jho Low’s arrest

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have sent an official request to their counterparts in Macau for a team to be sent in to arrest controversial businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, says the Inspector-General of Police.

Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said they have already sent a written request to Macau through the Interpol liaison office at Bukit Aman and were waiting for a response.

“We were initially alerted that he was in Hong Kong and we sent a team there to bring him home.

“However, when we arrived there, we learnt that he had left by ferry to Macau,” he told reporters after attending the Koperasi Polis annual general meeting here yesterday.

Mohamad Fuzi added they had previously requested seven countries, including China, to be put on alert over the matter.

It was reported that Low stayed in an upscale Hong Kong apartment for months because Malaysia did not make a formal request to authorities there to arrest him.

South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Low and his entourage were “hiding in plain sight” by occupying multiple rooms at the Pacific Place Apartments.

A source disclosed that he was in Hong Kong for a couple of months and was staying at Pacific Place with his family and entourage.

They moved out of Pacific Place and travelled to Macau a few days ago, despite Low being the subject of an Interpol red notice.

SCMP reported that Hong Kong authorities did nothing to stop Low because there was no formal request for his arrest from Malaysia.

In Putrajaya, Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali said Low is believed to be using a passport from another country to travel after his Malaysian passport was cancelled last month.

“Right now, he is probably using another passport he might have,” Mustafar told reporters during a press conference yesterday.

Low’s passport was cancelled by the Immigration Department on June 15 following a request from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in relation to investigations into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd case.

When asked what passport is used by Low now, Mustafar said: “I don’t know.”

Meanwhile, the Macau News Agency reported that the Judiciary Police (PJ) said Interpol Macau, a sub-division of Interpol Beijing, has received the request of the relevant country (Malaysia) about Jho Low.

It said the PJ is verifying the content of the request and will provide the information requested by Malaysia.