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1MDB scandal: Anwar says Malaysia won’t support Jho Low’s Trump pardon bid
The Malaysian businessman, indicted in the US, has denied wrongdoing but remains at large
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Malaysia will not support any pardon for fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, says Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who described the matter as a “non-issue” for Putrajaya.
The prime minister said any decision on a possible pardon application rested entirely with US authorities and was not something Malaysia intended to pursue.
“There is no issue. We are not going to consider that. No issue,” he told reporters in Negri Sembilan yesterday when asked about reports surrounding Low’s alleged pardon application in the United States.
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Asked whether the Malaysian government would formally oppose such a move, Anwar made it clear that Malaysia would not.
“No. It’s a US decision, as far as we are concerned, we are not going to take that route. We are not supporting that route. But of course for the United States, it’s their own business,” he said.
Responding to remarks by Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Johari Abdul Ghani, who recently said Low should not be pardoned and should instead return to Malaysia, Anwar reiterated that the matter was not an issue for his administration.
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