HK rejected Singapore's request to nab Jho Low in 2016: Police

Singapore

SINGAPORE rubbished news reports that it has made no request to the Hong Kong authorities for the arrest and extradition of Malaysian tycoon Jho Low - the man at the centre of the mammoth 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.

"These reports are untrue," said a spokesman from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in response to media queries.

The spokesman added that an arrest warrant for Mr Low, deemed a "key person of interest" to Singapore in the ongoing 1MDB-related investigations, was…