Fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho has rejected the claim he was the mastermind behind the global multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scam, claiming he was the target of inordinate media attention as he was “not a politician”.

In an interview with Singapore’s Straits Times (ST), Low said, as such, less attention was paid to other figures such as international bankers and lawyers tasked with advising the sovereign wealth fund and its former subsidiary SRC International.