Mystery tycoon Taek Jho Low, a close friend of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor, used backing from the Malaysian government’s sovereign fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd in a vain 2011 bid to buy three prestigious London hotels including Claridge’s, according to documents filed in the Chancery Division of the UK’s Royal Courts of Justice.
Swank UK Hotel Bid Backed by Malaysian Gov't?
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