COMMENT It would appear as if Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chief Hasan Arifin is a party to the 1MDB scandal, if he chooses not to summon business tycoon Low Taek Jho.

Or, at least, it would be obvious to ordinary Malaysians that he is under the thumb of someone higher up who knows the extent of the scandal, and would rather not allow the 34-year-old tycoon to appear before the joint parliamentary committee and unintentionally say something that would rock the boat further.

In my opinion, Jho Low - as he is popularly known - could be a big liability to whoever he is collaborating with, as his flamboyant lifestyle betrays the character of the person who is ever so often associated with 1MDB.