00:00Malaysia will not consider any pardon requests involving fugitive businessman Joe Loh.
00:06Following reports, he is seeking clemency from U.S. President Donald Trump over the 1MDB scandal.
00:12Prime Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim described the matter as a non-issue for Malaysia,
00:17saying it rests solely with the U.S. government.
00:21There's no issue. We're not going to consider that. No issue.
00:27Is the Malaysian government going to formally oppose to the U.S. government about this pardon?
00:32No, it is the U.S. decision. As far as we're concerned, we are not going that route.
00:37We are not supporting that route. But of course, the United States is their own business.
00:43Joe Loh was charged in 2018 with a misappropriating around US$4.5 billion from Malaysia's 1MDB state investment fund
00:51in what American authorities described as one of the world's largest financial fraud cases.
00:57He remains at large and one-third by authorities.
01:00The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Joe Loh allegedly filed a pardon application
01:05with the Trump administration several weeks ago.
01:08According to the report, approval of the application would result in the U.S. criminal charges against him being dropped.
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