The Attorney-General’s Chambers will object to Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali's application for a judicial review to compel the inspector-general of police (IGP) to locate and arrest businessperson Jho Low in the wake of the 1MDB scandal.

This has been indicated following case management today, whereby the AGC would object to Azmin's leave application. 

Azmin's lawyer Latheefa Koya said the hearing for leave has been fixed today for Oct 3 before Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Justice Hanipah Farikullah.

“The Attorney-General’s Chambers had submitted a notice that they will be objecting to the leave application,” she said.

Senior federal counsel Alice Loke appeared for the IGP.

It is understood the reasons for the AGC’s objection is that Azmin has no arguable case and that the application is frivolous and vexatious.

It was reported last month that Azmin, who is also PKR deputy president, had filed the application to compel the police to arrest Jho Low, whose real name is Low Taek Jho, and to produce the tycoon before a magistrate in the country to face criminal charges under Section 409 (for criminal breach of trust (CBT)) and 420 (cheating) under the Penal Code.

In his supporting affidavit, Azmin alleged Jho Low committed several offences including CBT and cheating involving 1MDB, a company wholly owned by the Malaysian government and directed to create investment and development projects for the economic benefit of the Malaysian people.

The Selangor MB said 1MDB was the beneficial owner of US$3.657 billion, of which US$1.367 billion was meant to be transferred to a company called Aabar Dubai. However, he added that in 2012, Jho Low and his associates transferred the amount to Aabar BVI (British Virgin Islands), which has nothing to do with Aabar Dubai.

The PKR deputy president claimed that at the time of the transfer, Jho Low obtained the consent of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak for the disposal of the monies.

Alternatively, Azmin said in his supporting affidavit that Jho Low dishonestly induced the 1MDB board to pay Aabar BVI a sum of US$1.367 billion, causing the members of the board to believe that Aabar of Dubai and Aabar BVI were the same entity.

The Selangor MB further detailed the purported transactions between 2009 and 2011 involving 1MDB where the Penang-born businessperson caused 1MDB to pay US$1.03 billion to the company Good Star which he controlled, and in 2013, when Jho Low caused 1MDB to pay US$1.26 billion to Tanore Finance Corporation, a company controlled by Tan Kim Loong, who was Jho Low's agent.

“The IGP is under a duty under the Police Act 1967 to apprehend Jho Low and in an interview, the IGP had given a statement that the matter is still under investigation. This patently cannot be true because all the material evidence is already in possession of the IGP,” he added in the affidavit.