The man who stands accused of having misappropriated money off Malaysia's state fund inquired about the option to find a safe haven on Cayman Islands, according to documents from Appleby Global.
Demelza Hassani, the U.K.-based lawyer acting on behalf of Jho Low, contacted Appleby’s Cayman Islands office two years ago to enquire about extradition laws, according to a report by «malaysiakini». The news organization cited documents unveiled by the so-called Paradise Papers.
In the letter to the firm at the center of the revelations, Hassani said that Jho Low was concerned about his «global exposure» and wanted to know more about the application of mutual legal assistance and global restraint laws on the islands.
Still at Large
Jho Low hasn’t been charged with any crime, but U.S., Singapore and Malaysia have linked him to the multi-billion dollar scandal at 1Malaysia Development Berhad, commonly known as 1MDB. The investigators in five countries are trying to track how much of the $6 billion that 1MDB raised for development projects was embezzled or laundered.
There have been reports that Low has been travelling on a Caribbean country passport and that his yacht, the 90-plus-meter Equinimity, was spotted near Koh Rong, a Cambodian island.
