KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): If you missed Man on the Run, the documentary on the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal when it was in the cinema in October, you can now watch it on Netflix from Jan 5.

Directed by US-based Cassius Michael Kim, it zoomed in on the role fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) played in the theft of billions of dollars from 1MDB that brought down the government of then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in 2018.

Najib, who started 1MDB in 2009 with the aim of undertaking joint ventures with entities in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi with the help of Jho Low, is now serving time on one of several 1MDB charges filed against him after he lost power.

Jho Low, however, remains a fugitive, and is wanted by Malaysia, the US and Singapore for his pivotal role in the embezzlement that saw billions of dollars moved around the world.

US banking giant Goldman Sachs and two of its top Asian executives also ran afoul of the law over the issuance of three bonds totalling US$6.5 billion that it raised for 1MDB.

In Man on the Run, a few key individuals involved in the case and its exposure tell their side of the story.

Also featured are Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who was then the leader of the opposition, and Najib himself before he went to jail.

In November 2023, Netflix acquired worldwide distribution rights to the documentary after it was released in selected cinemas in several countries including Malaysia on Oct 19.

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