SINGAPORE (Aug 23): How would you celebrate your birthday if you were sitting on billions of dollars allegedly siphoned from a state-owned fund?

Have Britney Spears sing you ‘Happy Birthday’, perhaps? Or fly in Korean superstar Psy to perform ‘Gangnam Style’? Maybe even invite Leonardo DiCaprio to rap on stage?

Low Taek Jho, the Malaysian businessman at the centre of the alleged 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) embezzlement scam, had all that – and more.

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