KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in-house lawyer Jasmine Loo today said she had moved about from Thailand to Cambodia, China and Myanmar from...
1MDB trial: Jasmine Loo says was in Thailand, Cambodia, China, Myanmar since 2018 after warned by Jho Low to not spoil his plans
The 50-year-old Loo said this while testifying as the 50th prosecution witness in former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s trial over the misappropriation of 1MDB’s RM2.27 billion at the High Court here, and stressed that she was under threat from Low — better known as Jho Low. Loo clarified however that the last time she met Low was in China in 2017 at the latter’s request, where Low had wanted to ask her if a project involving a shopping mall could be done.
Shafee said that former PetroSaudi International employee-turned-1MDB whistleblower Xavier Andre Justo’s case was different as it involved leaking of documents and alleged extortion of money and asked if she was doing or about to do something similar, but Loo said: “No, I was about to return home to testify, to give testimony or subject myself to investigations.”
She agreed that Low is capable of exercising threats and violence, adding: “Or at least I felt he could have taken those measures” and also added that she felt threatened “to a certain extent”. At one point, trial judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah reminded Shafee that he needs to draw a line between putting questions as part of Najib's defence and remembering that Loo is not the one on trial.
Asked by Shafee if she now knows with the benefit of hindsight that a lot of funds were moved from 1MDB and those in cahoots with him, Loo said she believed this to be true after she read the full report by the US Department of Justice on 1MDB. While confirming that Low did not have an official role in 1MDB, Loo confirmed she did take instructions from him while she was in 1MDB and that there were individuals in 1MDB's management who similarly took instructions from him.
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