Jho Low should come back to Malaysia if he has the coronavirus, police chief says

The fugitive financier was previously hiding in the virus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan, according to Malaysia’s inspector-general of police

However, there is no new information on whether Low has left the city following the Covid-19 outbreak

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Jho Low was long thought to have been in hiding in China. Photo: AP

Published: 9:03pm, 19 Feb 2020Updated: 12:41am, 19 Mar 2020

Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho – more commonly known as Jho Low – was active in the now virus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan, according to Malaysia’s police chief.

“We previously received intelligence that he was hiding in Wuhan,” Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador told reporters at a Wednesday press conference, adding that there was no new information on whether Low had left the city following the Covid-19 outbreak.

He went on to quip that if Low, who is wanted in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) corruption scandal, “happens to get the virus”, he should “come to Malaysia, our health facilities are the best so far as nine patients have recovered to date”.

Abdul Hamid, who had previously promised to bring Low back to Malaysia by Christmas last year, also insisted that he was on Interpol’s Red List but not on the public listing.

“[Low is] the second category, only available to the enforcement agencies for action to be taken,” he said.