A photograph of Justo and his wife was posted on Facebook two hours ago, with a caption that read:
“Criminal complaints filed in London against a few UK companies and individuals involved in the Petrosaudi 1MDB deal.
“The fight is not over yet, we will chase them all, from the top to the bottom. Their crimes will not be forgotten or forgiven, never!
“We fight as a family because we suffered as a family! We will rest when these crooks are arrested, not before. The Justo family.”
The posting did not name any of the companies or people who might have been named.
However, the PetroSaudi-1MDB deal involved Penang-born businessman Jho Low, who was one of two people placed on a wanted list by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission today.
Justo was a friend and close associate of Middle Eastern businessman Tarek Obaid, who co-founded PetroSaudi International with Prince Turki bin Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the seventh son of the late King Abdullah.
PetroSaudi International and 1Malaysia Development Berhad were involved in a US$2.5 billion joint venture in 2009 which court documents in the US showed to have been handled by Jho Low and PetroSaudi’s business affairs director Patrick Mahoney.
Justo has previously filed police reports in Thailand accusing Mahoney and another Briton, Paul Finnigan, of blackmailing him over the emails from PetroSaudi’s computer servers, which he had leaked. He also accused them of money-laundering and other offences.
In the PetroSaudi-1MDB deal, Obaid’s company was to contribute US$1.5 billion in oil and gas assets, while 1MDB was to inject US1 billion in cash.
US court documents later showed that as much as US$700 million from the 1MDB payment was diverted to a Seychelles-registered shell company, allegedly controlled by Jho Low.
According to US court filings, the money flowed through personal bank accounts of Najib Razak, and another amount of RM42 million also flowed through the bank accounts, linked to former 1MDB subsidiary company SRC International.
Najib has denied any wrongdoing.
The whereabouts of Jho Low are not known but his lawyers said today that he would assist MACC in its investigation. MACC has also sought the assistance of Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil Nik Othman Arif Kamil, former managing director of SRC International.