Ties with Jho Low did not breach ethics code, says Najib

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The former prime minister admits that he was ‘uneasy’ about the financier’s lavish lifestyle but says he needed him due to his ties with Chinese officials.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/17/police-cant-check-our-phones-say-lawyers/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/01/17/kaitan-dengan-jho-low-tak-langgar-kod-etika-kata-najib/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #1MDB #JhoLow #NajibRazak

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00:00Najib Razak denied that he breached a Cabinet Minister's Code of Ethics

00:05by not distancing himself from Low-Tech Joe or Joe Low,

00:09the purported mastermind behind 1MDB.

00:12The former Prime Minister said he was uneasy about Low

00:15when news broke out about the fugitive businessman's lavish lifestyle,

00:19as well as after Taekwoon Tong Kooi Ong informing him

00:22that Low needed to be held accountable for 1MDB.

00:26However, Najib claimed he left the investigations to agencies

00:30as well as the Public Accounts Committee and did not stop them.

00:34He denied the need to stay clear of Low,

00:36saying the businessman was needed

00:37because of his ties with Chinese government officials.

00:41Najib also insisted that the 2015 removal of former Attorney-General

00:45Abdul Ghani Patel, a member of the disbanded 1MDB Task Force,

00:50was unrelated to 1MDB,

00:52and investigations continued despite the task force's dissolution.

00:56Najib also insisted that the 1MDB investigations brought against him

01:00were unfair and that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's

01:03questioning did not appear to target him.

01:06He said the investigation papers were sent to the Attorney-General's chambers

01:10before his statements were recorded,

01:12which he described as a serious transgression of his rights.

01:16Natasha Bust, FMT News.

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