Fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho may have earned a "playboy" reputation from his high-profile courtship of celebrities with the likes of Paris Hilton, Miranda Kerr, and Elva Hsiao.

But little is known about his long-time girlfriend - and later wife - Jesselynn Chuan Teik Ying, who appeared to have stayed on with Low as international investigators pursued him for the alleged multi-billion ringgit theft of 1MDB funds.

Low's partying with famous women was well-documented but only limited information has been gleaned about Chuan, mostly from...