Kuala Lumpur — Malaysia has issued an arrest warrant for financier Low Taek Jho, who is wanted for questioning in a graft probe involving former prime minister Najib Razak and state fund 1MDB, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Malaysian authorities are also apparently preparing warrants for two more individuals, including a former Goldman Sachs Group banker, Roger Ng, Bloomberg added. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has issued an arrest warrant for Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, a director of SRC International, a former unit of 1Malaysia Development Berhad, and is preparing warrants for the fund’s former chief, Shahrol Halmi, Bloomberg said. The anti-graft agency, a lawyer for Low — or Jho Low, as the financier is popularly known — and Shahrol did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A representative of the MACC declined to give comment to Bloomberg. Reuters was unable to reach Ng and Nik Faisal immediately. Bloomberg said ...
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