KUALA LUMPUR – Police are in the process of completing their investigation into the case involving Jasmine Loo, a former lawyer with 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said police have yet to submit their findings to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
“We are still investigating (the matter),” he said during a press conference at the Bukit Aman police headquarters here today.
He added that Loo, who is said to be a close associate of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, will be handed over to the MACC once police have completed their probe.
On July 12, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail announced that police arrested Loo on July 7 before issuing a remand order against her on July 8.
Loo, who had an Interpol Red Notice against her, was detained under Section 409 of the Penal Code, which related to criminal breach of trust by a public servant.
Her lawyers, Amer Hamzah Arshad and Edmund Bon, said their client has complete trust and confidence in Malaysia’s judicial and legal system.
Loo was 1MDB’s former general counsel and executive director of group strategy.
In 2018, she was charged with two counts of money laundering over US$6 million (RM27.9 million) received in a Swiss account she controlled. She is alleged to have committed these offences on December 6, 2012, and July 1, 2014.
It was previously reported that the funds were diverted from the first two 1MDB bond offerings underwritten by Goldman Sachs. – July 25, 2023