Equanimity

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SINGAPORE (May 6): “What’s wrong with a female emperor, I wonder? Those practices need to change in the modern era.” — Yukiko Minegishi, who works with a uniform maker in Tokyo.

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Equanimity superyacht sold to Genting for 'very satisfactory' US$126 mil

SINGAPORE (April 3): Equanimity, the multi-million dollar superyacht that once belonged to the alleged mastermind of Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), has been sold for a “very satisfactory sale price” of US$126 million ($170.6 million

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Jho Low's family mansion in Penang seized

(Mar 24): Malaysian authorities have seized a mansion believed to belong to the family of Low Taek Jho in connection to investigations into 1Malaysia Development Berhad, the New Straits Times reported.

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Inside the 300-foot 1MDB superyacht priced at $176 mil

SINGAPORE (Feb 7): It boasts a gym, pool, gallery, beauty salon and helipad — not to mention space for sleeping 22 guests — and it’s up for sale at around half its purchase price. Yet finding a buyer for the 300-foot superyacht Equanimity, one of th

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Fugitive businessman Jho Low's super-yacht will be sold for nine-digit price, says 1MDB lawyer

(Dec 5): The Equanimity super-yacht that allegedly once belonged to fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho will be sold with a nine-digit price tag before March 31, according to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) lawyer Sitpah Selvaratnam.

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Malaysia starts auction of Jho Low's $250 mil luxury yacht

(Oct 29): Malaysia started an auction of financier Low Taek Jho’s US$250 million ($345 million) luxury yacht that investigators allege was bought with funds embezzled from investment company 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

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Jho Low defiant despite criminal charges, refuses to submit to jurisdiction where presumed guilty

SINGAPORE (Aug 24): Jho Taek Low (Jho Low), the alleged mastermind behind Malaysia’s scandal-ridden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), is defiant despite criminal charges being filed against him earlier today.

Jho Low says handover of Equanimity superyacht ‘illegitimate’

(Aug 5): A central figure in a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal at a Malaysian state fund says a decision by Indonesia to hand over a US$250 million ($341.6 million) yacht to Malaysia violates US and Indonesia laws.

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Jho Low ordered to hand over superyacht in US forfeiture suit

(May 16): Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho was ordered to turn over his US$250 million ($336 million) yacht "Equanimity" to the US authorities who plan to sail it from Indonesia and sell it in the US.
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