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Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong has flatly rejected claims that fugitive businessman Jho Low entered Malaysia with a Chinese delegation to negotiate a 1MDB settlement package, dismissing the allegations during parliamentary Question Time.
Malaysia's 1MDB scandal dominates headlines as courts prepare for major legal proceedings. The government denies Jho Low entered the country while Rosmah's US$346 million suit advances toward full trial next June.
A Malaysian court has determined that former Prime Minister Najib Razak and fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho operated in deliberate coordination to extract billions of ringgit from 1Malaysia Development Bhd.