1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)

"As hard as it is for some people to fathom, I was advised and honestly believed at the time that the funds I received were political donations from Saudi Arabia," says Najib.

About $164 million of 1MDB-related assets in Singapore remain seized or prohibited from disposal.

Low also agreed to cooperate in the transfer to Malaysia of certain other assets located in Hong Kong, Switzerland and Singapore.

Executives at the Wall Street firm have grown increasingly frustrated with the country’s demands to redo its existing 2020 pact.

The information was confirmed by several individuals who had spotted the fugitive in Macau.

Ng had asked for leniency.

In a statement on Wednesday, the MP for Bagan said no expense or effort should be spared to bring to book Jho Low.

The issues identified by the master included trouble with authorities and the women in his life.

Three years after publishing Billion Dollar Whale in 2018, Wright and Hope are on to their next challenge: Project Brazen.

Switzerland is holding its first trial into whether a local banker failed to stop a US$700 million (S$997.4 million) transfer into an account controlled by Low Taek Jho, the alleged mastermind behind the 1MDB scandal.