Singapore seizes S$240m in assets linked to 1MDB funds
Singapore
SOME S$240 million in assets have been seized by the Singapore authorities who are investigating the fund flows related to 1MDB, with about half these assets belonging to the now-infamous Malaysian tycoon Low Taek Jho and his immediate family.
Singapore's Attorney-General's Chambers, the Commercial Affairs Department and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in a joint statement that bank accounts belonging to some individuals have been seized and dealings in properties belonging to some of them, curtailed.
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