No proof Equanimity belongs to Jho Low, says minister

Looi Sue-Chern Looi Sue-Chern Updated 6 years ago · Published on 1 Mar 2018 7:37PM · 22 Comments

Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak says the furore raised by the opposition over the seizure of the yacht is ;yet another failed attempt to mislead Malaysians using fake news'. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 1, 2018.

THE Najib administration has spoken out in favour of Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, saying there is no proof he is the owner of the super yacht seized by Indonesian authorities yesterday in Bali.

Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak said there was also no proof that funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd were used to purchase the RM1 billion vessel, the Equanimity.

Indonesian authorities yesterday seized the yacht that the United States Justice Department (DoJ) has alleged was bought by Low with money siphoned from troubled state-investment arm 1MDB.

Low, confidante and business adviser to Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is also said to have close ties with several ministers, has been named by DoJ as the mastermind in a scheme to siphon billions of dollars from the state investment fund.

Salleh said the source of the allegations was the DoJ civil suit, which had been on hold since last August. 

“Until today, apart from bare allegations contained in the suit, the DoJ has not shown any tangible proof that Low is the actual owner of the yacht or that it was purchased with funds from 1MDB.

“Furthermore, the DoJ has yet to prove any of its allegations in a court of law, despite nearly two years passing since its sensationalised press conference of July 2016,” he said in a statement.

Salleh said the DoJ had alleged in its suit that the source of funds was Aabar BVI, which the DoJ claimed had business dealings with Low.

“The directors of Aabar BVI were Khadem Al Qubaisy and Mohammed Al Badawy, formerly senior employees in the IPIC group.

“1MDB has repeatedly clarified that while it did have business dealings with Aabar BVI, 1MDB has not had any business dealings with Low.

“More importantly, 1MDB is not a party to the DoJ lawsuit,” he said.

Salleh also blasted the opposition for misleading the people with “unverified and unproven allegations” regarding the yacht. 

He said the “Dr Mahathir Mohamad and DAP-led Pakatan Harapan was using fake news” as their primary weapon to gain support in the general election to come.

“This is yet another failed attempt to mislead Malaysians, using fake news.

“Right-thinking Malaysians will remember how Dr Mahathir started the fake news attack on 1MDB, by wrongly stating that RM42 billion was missing, only to be proven wrong time and time again. 

“In their desperation, it is sad to see Dr Mahathir and the opposition mindlessly recycling unproven allegations and irresponsibly spreading fake news.” – March 1, 2018. 

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  • yes the whole world is wrong ......this is because of 60 years rule. The people had listened to BN/UMNO verse toooooooooooooooooo long. As such it is NOT BN/UMNO FAULT. IT IS PURELY THE FAULT OF THE NATION. IF BN/UMNO SAYS THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS NOT OVER AND NO PEACE TREATY SIGNED THE PEOPLE WORLD STILL BELIEVE. IT IS NOT BN/UMNO FAULT BECAUSE THEIR WORLDS ARE GOSPAL WORDS. SELLAH YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.......SELLAH WILL STILL THINK THERE IS ONE MORE FOOL AROUND.

    Posted 6 years ago by Mohanarajan murugeson · Reply

  • THE Najib administration has come swinging out in favour of Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, saying there is no proof he is the owner of the super yacht seized by Indonesian authorities yesterday in Bali.HOW DO YOU KNOW?

    Posted 6 years ago by Mohanarajan murugeson · Reply

  • No proof Equanimity belongs to Jho Low? So how come Jho Low is huffing and puffing about the seizure of his super yacht, if it weren't his?

    Do you really think that Indonesians and Americans are that stupid?

    Posted 6 years ago by Al N · Reply

  • Morons

    Posted 6 years ago by Sy Philip · Reply

  • Rajan. You are right. It's the Whole Nation fault to keep BN far too long. MO1 did no wrong, and we are force to believe Paris Hilton is still virgin.

    Posted 6 years ago by Jay Jay · Reply

  • I laughed so hard, I almost fell reading this joker's comment. I admit he has some serious talent, in arse kissing and boot licking.

    Posted 6 years ago by Kuasa Rakyat · Reply

  • Yes, it belongs to your monkey.

    Posted 6 years ago by Awang Top · Reply

  • U are a liar..and u also talk cock and bull...Salleh Said Keruak..

    Posted 6 years ago by Ss Lee · Reply

  • We now have people who calls concrete is soft.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Salleh Keruak thinks Malaysians are kindergarten kids. Fool yourself Salleh Keruak but don’t try to fool others with your spin. You must have taken a lot of dedak.

    Posted 6 years ago by Rupert Lum · Reply

  • Why is this guy even bothered to comment???? If he's clean then just shut up! I think he and his fellow comrades ate chillies ...... LOL

    Posted 6 years ago by Crishan Veera · Reply

  • Salleh Keruak , you may be a hero and feeling great now as you think the nation is still UmnoBN rule. When there is a change in regime after the GE14 ,all your vile parasitic nature as a sycophantic retard will be use against you in the court proceedings as perjurious treachery against the Rakyat and the country. It takes two to tango.

    Posted 6 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • Please-lah! Don't make yourself sound so stupid. It's either you are stupid or the Indonesian authorities are stupid to seize the yacht if it does not belong to Jho Low n if it does not belong to money laundering created by 1MDB. Do you mean that US DOJ is stupid? Why are you lying?

    Posted 6 years ago by Peace Maker · Reply

  • Salleh Beruk Wallet!
    You just proved yo the whole world your Class 1 Stupidity.
    You have now officially joined the the

    Posted 6 years ago by Andy Gunasegaran · Reply

  • This guy is stupid and an idiot! He is so fake that even if the truth hits him in the face he won't even know it

    Posted 6 years ago by HC Lung · Reply

  • Then why is he is lambasting at DOJ? BTW why you and mca share a different story? Surely 1 side is telling a lie! And you are supposedly a Communication and Media Minister?
    https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/02/28/jho-low-lambasts-doj-over-seizure-of-luxury-yacht/
    [Your very own BullshitNew have the story!]

    Posted 6 years ago by Ready4Change For Good · Reply

  • Then why is he is lambasting at DOJ? BTW why you and mca share a different story? Surely 1 side is telling a lie! And you are supposedly a Communication and Media Minister?
    https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/02/28/jho-low-lambasts-doj-over-seizure-of-luxury-yacht/
    [Your very own BullshitNew have the story!]

    Posted 6 years ago by Ready4Change For Good · Reply

  • Readers may be wondering why Minister Salleh is so daring and so thick-skinned as to make such a cheeky denial of what is virtually a universal truth. Is he not worried about the certainty of a barrage of ridicule and scorn in the cyberworld and the world media that will surely follow his statement?
    The answer lies in the fact that he is not talking to an audience like the Malaysiakini readers, but Umno’s captive electorate. Be sure that Salleh’s audacious denial will be given full blast in BN-controlled TV channels and the Malay and English newspapers.
    Retaining the support of such electorate and winning GE 14 is all that matters to Umno now; and to hell with everything else!

    Posted 6 years ago by Kim quek · Reply

  • Why would Jho Low raise noise if the yacht does not belong to him? How does the honourable Minister knpw that there is no evidence of ownership? Fake news

    Posted 6 years ago by Mogan Rao · Reply

  • At times politicians don't read or probably they read but pretend not to undertand. If the yatch doesn't belong to JLho why he rebutt against the Indonesian and USA action seizing tje yatch.

    Posted 6 years ago by Abdul Rahman Abdul Razak · Reply

  • At times politicians don't read or probably they read but pretend not to undertand. If the yatch doesn't belong to JLho why he rebutt against the Indonesian and USA action seizing tje yatch.

    Posted 6 years ago by Abdul Rahman Abdul Razak · Reply

  • Salleh - since the GE14 is near - why not you say it belongs to Mahatir or Lim Guan Eng or one of the wealth son of Mahatir.

    Posted 6 years ago by Chris Ng · Reply