KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): US journalist Bradley Hope has given assurance that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, more commonly known as Jho Low, is definitely on the Interpol Red Notice list, following reports saying that Jho Low’s name did not appear on the agency’s website.
In a tweet over the weekend, Hope said: "Just a word to friends in Malaysia: Don’t worry that Jho Low’s name isn’t on the public Interpol Red Notice website. He’s 100% on the list.
"Very rarely do they advertise people publicly. If Jho sets foot in a country with rule of law, he’ll be arrested," he said.
On Oct 6, theedgemarkets.com reported that Jho Low’s name was not listed on the Interpol Red Notice list, contrary to a statement by Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.
A check with the Interpol website via both his family name and country did not yield any results.
When "Malaysia" was searched, there were four names that showed up: Koh Ing Kueh, Umar Sirul Azhar, Tan Lok Seng and Loo Soon Aik.
On Oct 4, Hamzah when replying to a question by Kepong Member of Parliament Lim Lip Eng said that Malaysia would not offer rewards for information leading to Jho Low,
Lim queried if the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) had contacted US journalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, following their claims that Jho Low and his family were spotted in China and Hong Kong in 2018 and 2019.
Lim also asked why the Malaysian government had not offered any rewards for individuals with information on Jho Low’s whereabouts.
In a reply to Lim, Hamzah said in the Dewan Rakyat that PDRM was of the view that the Red Notice issued by Interpol was a better avenue than offering rewards as elements of cooperation and definitive information were involved.
He added that this required the 195 member states of Interpol to channel any information to Malaysian authorities to facilitate any extradition process.