Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi has demanded that Malaysian authorities bring back fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, regardless of whether he “looks like a bear” or “walks like an ox”.

The call came hot on the heels of claims by investigative journalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, who alleged that the elusive mastermind behind the 1MDB scandal is holed up in Shanghai, China.

“If true, it is the responsibility of...