KUALA LUMPUR (May 30): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) believes the individuals wanted for the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case, especially Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), are hiding in Macau.

In an Al Jazeera report on Tuesday (May 30), the MACC said, in a written response, this was also confirmed by several individuals who have seen Jho Low in Macau.

The report added that the revelation comes just weeks after the arrest of a relatively unknown 1MDB suspect, Kee Kok Thiam.

Kee, a former associate of Jho Low, was arrested on May 3 after he arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Doha-based Al Jazeeera said that according to a Malaysian police source, Kee was deported from Macau for overstaying his visa.

Kee was released after his interview with MACC officers, and the anti-corruption body said no charges had been laid against him “at this time”.

The MACC said the Malaysian government did not receive any notification from Macau regarding Kee’s repatriation, but rather knew “Kee was being deported from Macau based on intelligence networking”.

“The Investigation Paper is focused on the assets belonging to Kee Kok Thiam in Singapore and has been completed and submitted to the attorney general’s office for the next course of action,” an official said.

Al Jazeera added that MACC said it had been gathering intelligence since the government issued a travel ban against 1MDB suspects, including Kee, soon after the 2018 elections.

The historic poll swept then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak from power and brought an end to Umno's more than 60 years of uninterrupted rule.

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