KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman is not giving up on the hunt for Jho Low, says Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador.

The Inspector-General of Police said the police are geared up to bring Jho Low - whose name is Low Taek Jho - back to face justice.

Abdul Hamid said he had tried to bring back Jho Low last year but failed.

"I had said I would work towards that goal. I admit that I failed but that doesn't mean I have stopped the effort to bring him back," he said in a recent interview.

The country's top cop maintained that the police know where Jho Low is hiding but certain constraints prevent them from bringing him back.

"Lately, there was a report in a foreign news agency that claimed he is supposedly in Kuwait but it was actually in 2016. If he is really brave, he should come out of his hiding place," said Abdul Hamid.

Abdul Hamid said he would not give up the hunt for Jho Low, former SRC International Sdn Bhd managing director and CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil and several others who conspired to steal from the country.

He said the police are working quietly to recover the stolen funds as well as to bring back the fugitives Jho Low.

Abdul Hamid also refuted claims by people that claimed that Jho Low has lots of money and could silence him by offering him bribes.

"I cannot be bought as my mission is to serve the country and the people. The effort to bring him to justice continues," he vowed.

Abdul Hamid previously said he aimed to bring Jho Low back to the country by the end of last year in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

He also lamented the fact that authorities encountered difficulty in doing so and expressed frustration over lack of cooperation with the foreign country that Jho Low was currently hiding in.

He chided the country for its “lack of sincerity” in making it tough for the Malaysian police to get Jho Low, adding that he had reached out to his counterpart in that country but to no avail.

"We wrote to them a few times and even met them, but they have not been sincere with us. We told them that we have information that Jho Low is in their country but they refused to even acknowledge the fact, ” he had said previously.

Jho Low, Nik Faisal, Eric Tan Kim Loong, Casey Tang, Jasmine Loo Ai Swan and Geh Choh Heng have been wanted by the authorities since 2015.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/06/21/igp-we-are-not-giving-up-the-hunt-for-jho-low-other-1mdb-fugitives