Jho Low's mum's bungalow shouldn't be subject to forfeiture - lawyer

The Kuala Lumpur High Court today was told that a bungalow in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, owned by Goh Gaik Ewe, the mother of fugitive businessman, Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, should not be a subject matter on the ongoing forfeiture suit as it is not related to the 1MDB scandal.

Lawyer M Puravalen representing Goh, 69, submitted that no averments were made regarding the house, which was built on two plots of land purchased by Goh back in 1990 and 1993, based on the sale and purchase agreement produced in court today.

“The issue document of title for both pieces of land was...