KUALA LUMPUR – The authors of the best-selling book Billion Dollar Whale have called on the public to find the mastermind behind the 1MDB scandal Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, following Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s incarceration, last night.
In a series of tweets following the Federal Court’s decision to uphold the verdict against the Pekan MP, co-author Bradley Hope tweeted:
“We need your help to find the original Billion Dollar Whale himself, Jho Low. With Najib in prison, he’s the final piece of the puzzle.
“Send us a message: [email protected] #whereisjholow
“Let’s find him!”
WE NEED YOUR HELP to find the original Billion Dollar Whale himself, Jho Low. With Najib in prison, he's the final piece of the puzzle.
— Bradley Hope (@bradleyhope) August 23, 2022
Send us a message: [email protected]#whereisjholow
Let's find him!#Malaysia #1MDB #NajibRazak @TomWrightAsia @WhaleHunting_
Hope further tweeted: “Every person can help with this. Let’s get the citizen investigative army going.
“Later this week, we’ll write a summary of last-known leads and start in earnest.
“Subscribe for free to @WhaleHunting_ to stay apprised of the hunt.”
Every person can help with this. Let’s get the citizen investigative army going. Later this week, we’ll write a summary of last-known leads and start in earnest. Subscribe for free to @WhaleHunting_ to stay apprised of the hunt
— Bradley Hope (@bradleyhope) August 23, 2022
Meanwhile, in a series of tweets, co-author Tom Wright also took to Twitter following yesterday’s development.
In all the years covering Najib, his 2014 trip to a Chanel store in the Ala Moana Center best captures his nature. He was visiting Obama in Hawaii, but had to go home to Malaysia because of floods. His wife was angry for cutting her holiday short…
— Tom Wright (@TomWrightAsia) August 23, 2022
“In all the years covering Najib, his 2014 trip to a Chanel store in the Ala Moana Centre best captures his nature. He was visiting (former US president Barack) Obama in Hawaii, but had to go home to Malaysia because of floods. His wife was angry for cutting her holiday short…
“So Najib took Rosmah to the Chanel store to buy her a US$130,000 (RM673,000) piece of jewellery, a birthday gift. To pay, he used a credit card that was taken care of by Jho Low (and paid for out of Malaysian state funds).
“But the card didn’t work at first, embarrassing Najib. He messaged Low on his Blackberry, and Low scurried to take care of the matter. Eventually, the credit card worked.
“The 130k watch (sorry, it wasn’t jewellery) was just one item among many, paid for with stolen money, that got Najib sent to jail tonight.
“We reported this story in Billion Dollar Whale. Someone leaked us Najib’s credit card statements, and we saw the charge from Chanel in Hawaii. There are 2 Chanels in Honolulu.
“I got thrown out of the first for asking questions.
“In the Ala Moana branch, a Chinese national saleswoman asked me to wait for the end of her shift.
“I sat 6 hours in a nearby Starbucks. She told me how Najib had come in with Rosmah to buy the $130,000 watch. ‘I’m from China and I hate corruption,’ she said, when I explained our work.
“Later we got transcripts of Jho Low’s Blackberry messages, which showed him messaging with Najib over the credit card problems in the Chanel store.
“And we had other bank documents showing Najib’s card was funded from 1MDB.
“After the Chanel purchase, just a normal gift for Rosmah, Najib flew home to survey the flooding in Malaysia, which had left 200,000 people homeless.
“Rosmah, whose trial is up next, continued on a shopping spree.
“I don’t believe in karma, and today I was looking at photos from Najib’s daughter on Insta, and you can see her anguish.
“And I’m not Malaysian. But the behaviour of this couple in the Chanel store, abetted by Goldman bankers, captures a lot of what’s wrong today.”
Wright further tweeted that he wrote this to further sum up how both Hope and himself feel about justice in this case.
“Najib may have gone to jail, but Goldman bankers haven’t. And Jho Low is still out there.
“So on that last point: let’s find Jho Low,” he said. – The Vibes, August 24, 2022
