We bought TMI portal without knowing it was Jho Low-funded, says Edge

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The Edge Weekly further says Jho Low had pumped US$9 million into The Malaysian Insider to salvage the now-defunct news portal.

PETALING JAYA: The Edge Media Group today clarified that it had bought The Malaysian Insider in June 2014 without knowing that it was funded by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low.

The paper further said Jho Low had pumped US$9 million into TMI to salvage the now-defunct news portal, the paper further said. Jahabar Sadiq, The Malaysian Insight’s CEO, told FMT today that he was not aware of the information published in the paper.Financing of TMI has been shrouded in mystery from the start.

However, Abdullah had performed badly, losing five states and BN lost its two-thirds majority in Parliament. He left in 2009.

 

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It was not a secret that TMI started as a Pak Lah mouthpiece long ago. Jho Low involvement before The Edge Group is something new to me..

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