Malaysia's 1MDB trial reveals Jho Low's alleged role as mastermind

Fugitive financier choreographed Najib's visit to China for bailout projects

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Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, has become a central figure in Malaysia's 1MDB scandal. (Nikkei Montage/Getty Images)

P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writer

KUALA LUMPUR -- Disgraced former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is not the sole big name to watch in his ongoing graft cases over billions of dollars allegedly siphoned from defunct national wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

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