Malaysia's 'Repco Low' found guilty in 16-year-old share manipulation case

Kuala Lumpur

ARGUABLY one of the biggest stock operators of the 1990s Malaysian equities bull run, Low Thiam Hock will soon know what it feels like to be left holding the baby.

Better known as Repco Low, the stockmarket kingpin was found guilty by the Sessions Court on Monday of market manipulation involving the shares of Repco Holdings Bhd, more than a decade and a half after the Securities Commission (SC) initiated a case against him in 1999.

The presiding judge, Mat Ghani Abdullah, found Low had failed to raise a reasonable doubt on the prosecution's case and that his defen…