'Man On The Run' uncovers the shocking true story of a corrupt group of co-conspirators who jeopardised a country's hope for financial stability.
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00:00 (film reel clicking)
00:03 - Today, the Department of Justice
00:08 has filed a civil complaint seeking to forfeit
00:11 and recover more than $1 billion in assets stolen from 1MDB.
00:16 - 1MDB was a development fund created
00:21 to help the development of infrastructure in Malaysia.
00:25 - There were murmurings.
00:27 Some transactions were not kosher,
00:29 but we had to get some evidence.
00:30 - There was a guy that had the inside data,
00:34 $700 million into this account.
00:38 He said, "That's Jho Low's company."
00:41 At that moment, I knew I had a huge story.
00:47 - We put together the largest international corruption case
00:51 in the history of Justice Department.
00:53 - They used the money to pay gambling debts
00:55 at Las Vegas casinos, Bombardier Jet.
00:58 - Hundreds of millions of dollars
01:00 into the "Wall for Wall Street" production.
01:03 - Jho Low never had any official role,
01:05 but he's always seen with the Prime Minister.
01:08 - He was trying to create a fictional backstory for himself.
01:12 - Surrounded by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio
01:15 and Paris Hilton, Jamie Foxx.
01:18 He had a little bit of a crush on Britney Spears.
01:20 Pitter, a million dollars to pop out of a birthday cake.
01:24 - Like a lot of lower level criminals,
01:28 they don't have a long-term plan,
01:29 except he was able to inject himself into this top 0.1%.
01:34 - There was a real concern that,
01:35 who have we gotten ourselves in bed with here?
01:38 And is this going to end the way we're worried it might?
01:41 - Malaysia was always an autocratic regime
01:45 with a velvet glove.
01:47 At this point, Najib took off the velvet glove.
01:50 The lawyer in the Attorney General's office
01:53 was pulled from his car.
01:55 - He was found murdered in an oil drum.
01:58 There were massive protests going on.
02:01 - We need a clean government.
02:03 - Just because you take action against the man at the top,
02:06 does it mean that everybody else is absolved?
02:08 - It is an unjust system,
02:10 enriching the few at the expense of the majority.
02:13 So what's the answer?
02:14 The answer's back to the people.
02:16 - Where do you think Jho Low is?
02:19 - I have no idea.
02:20 (dramatic music)
02:23 (whooshing)
02:25 [MUSIC]