PARLIAMENT | Putrajaya knows the latest whereabouts of fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin told the Dewan Rakyat today.

"A few days ago, we obtained the latest information, and we know where he is," he said during the winding-up debate on the 11th Malaysia Plan mid-term review.

Muhyiddin noted, however, that the businessperson implicated in the 1MDB scandal has a track record of staying one step ahead of Malaysian authorities.

"He moved from one place to another place to evade being tracked down (by the authorities).

"But, we are not going to stop until we get him," he said.

Brushing off an accusation from C Sivarraajh (BN-Cameron Highland) that Putrajaya was deliberately putting off Low's capture until the next general election, Muhyiddin said he was hopeful that Low would be bought back to face justice at an appropriate time. 

RSN Rayer (Harapan-Bukit Jelutong) also raised concerns over the ability of the police to track Low down after former defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein (BN-Sembrong) volunteered to do so in his personal capacity last week.

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Muhyiddin said that anyone could make such an offer, and added that the Putrajaya has not been approached by Hishammuddin.

"If the honourable (lawmakers) from the other side know (where Low is), they can arrest him, we have no problem," he said.

The home minister also pointed out that BN lawmakers would have a better idea of Low's whereabouts than their Harapan counterparts.

"There are more (lawmakers) from the other side who know Low, and a number of them were close (to him), but they claimed they didn't know him until pictures of them together (were made public)," he said, without naming any BN MPs in particular.

Jho Low and his father, Low Hock Peng, were charged in absentia in Malaysia in August over money allegedly stolen from 1MDB.

An arrest warrant against Low and his father was issued on Aug 5 to enable both to be repatriated and face charges under the  Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.

Authorities are now working with officials in a number of countries as well as the attorneys-general of the United States and Switzerland to return money allegedly misappropriated from the sovereign wealth fund.