I warned Najib about Jho Low, says Tajuddin

Kamles Kumar Kamles Kumar Updated 5 years ago · Published on 22 Nov 2018 8:43PM · 17 Comments

Umno Supreme Council member Tajuddin Rahman says he personally warned former prime minister Najib Razak about Jho Low and the possibility that funds had been stolen from 1MDB, but added that Najib did not act on the warning. – The Malaysian Insight pic, November 22, 2018.

FORMER prime minister Najib Razak had been warned two years ago that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho had stolen funds from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

Umno Supreme Council member Tajuddin Rahman said he personally told Najib about the discrepancies and Low, who also known as Jho Low, and urged the then prime minister to take action.

“I felt from the past two years… what happened with 1MDB was a major cheating done by Jho Low and the 1MDB board.

“I, as a party leader and supreme council member, felt responsible to tell Najib. I urged him to take action against the 1MDB management,” he told reporters when met in Parliament today.

The Pasir Salak MP said he pieced the scandal together from the explanation given by former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy and news reports.

However, Tajuddin said Najib did nothing despite the warning.

“He (Najib) kept quiet. It was my duty as a party man to voice my concerns, give opinions, even, reprimand. I was very serious. I said if you wait people will lose trust,” he said.

Tajuddin also said Umno as a whole did not know about the details of the 1MDB scandal but believed in Najib as he was their leader.

“The members do not know anything. You ask the division leaders, branch leaders and members, they do not know anything about this,” he said.

The party now wants Jho Low to come back and face trial as the scandal has tainted Umno’s image.

“We will have to tackle this. First thing, is to take action on those responsible. We not only want Jho Low to come back but we must go after him.

“The government, the authorities must do the best they can to track him down and bring him back.

“If Hishammuddin says he can do it, let him do it,” Tajuddin said referring to former defence minister Hishamuddin Hussein who has offered to help try and bring the fugitive Jho Low back to face justice.

Najib earlier today said he was cheated by Jho Low, who is accused of masterminding the 1MDB scandal.

The former Umno president said evidence now showed that money had been siphoned from the government investment fund, which was supposed to raise money for development projects in Malaysia. – November 22, 2018.

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  • ya right...now everyone is saying they did this and that
    in the did NOTHING.

    nasi sudah jadi bubur...

    Posted 5 years ago by Lan Lan · Reply

  • And who warned Malaysia about you?

    Posted 5 years ago by Rock Hensem · Reply

  • he did nothing coz he's involved lah...bangang

    Posted 5 years ago by Wen Chiuan Woo · Reply

  • Stop acting !!!. Luat orang tengok. Kau punya muka ,orang nak ludah. Cukup lah. Get lost please. There is no awards for 1MDB drama. Rakyat know that you are coming out as a support actor to the Lanun who is play acting out in innocence in him being chaeted by Jho Lo. Who buys that story line.??? . When he was in power no mention about Jho Lo cheating him as the 2.6B is enough to fill up his silence and the jewellery was so flshy and glittering all over the fat lady body to complete the silence. Woi Pasir Salak !!!!!!!!!!!!!cukup lah berlakon sebab dedak yang beri sudah sampai tahap ni degan tamat lakonan awak ni !!!! Kau memang seorang bodoh tapi nak berlagak lebih bodoh lagi ta ada oscar lah.

    Posted 5 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • As if DoJ's investigation 2 or 3 years ago did not sound a warning. Name calling him as MO1 also did not wake everyone in UMNO up. The entire UMNO team was busy attacking DoJ then.

    Gee! Ingat rakyat bodoh dan senang lupa.

    Posted 5 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • After the fact ... everyone can say what they want to say. Who are you trying to kid? UMNO members? Those who stuck around and continued to defend the indefensible are complicit. Pure and simple

    Posted 5 years ago by NA Bayezid · Reply

  • Trying to make a justification to absolve themselves from the crime!

    Posted 5 years ago by TTs Take · Reply

  • SCUMNO DUMBNO sandiwara continues. All the expensive lawyers must be advising them to play ignorant and dumb!

    Posted 5 years ago by Kam Lan · Reply

  • Kelentong!

    Posted 5 years ago by Kurian Cherian · Reply

  • Hello YB Tajuddin,
    Poodah !!

    Posted 5 years ago by Mohammad Badry · Reply

  • Hello YB Tajuddin,
    Poodah !!

    Posted 5 years ago by Mohammad Badry · Reply

  • OK tolong berhenti menyalak.
    Rakyat Malaysia handal. Takkan tertipu oleh karangan baru Najib dan 40 pencuri untuk menukar kesalahan bogel.

    We know you thieves are trying to organize a new storyline to cover one hole and to cover the big assshole. Save it for the trials.

    Posted 5 years ago by Roti Paun · Reply

  • Podah pundei

    Posted 5 years ago by Francis Anthony · Reply

  • Poooraaah Pasir Salak, baru sekarang nak menyalak

    Posted 5 years ago by Leng Kapri As Saribasi · Reply

  • Hahaha...hilarious. Looks like something is going to happen. Rats are preparing to jump ship.

    Posted 5 years ago by Yoon Fatt Ng · Reply

  • Talking cock. He warned najib and hoping to share the loot, most likely? All in Umno and in fact, BN, kept quiet like mice. Now, with the crook charged for all those offences, and two years later, started talking of such? Was he not one of those who defended Najib whenever cases of such were raised?

    Posted 5 years ago by Amigo sabah · Reply