The prime minister was responding to an offer made by former defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein to use his contacts to trace the whereabouts of Low and bring him back to Malaysia to face justice.

“I don’t have to take any offer from Hishammuddin. if he wants to do it, he can do it. Anybody who thinks they can contact Jho Low and bring him home, we will accept,” he told Malaysian media at the end of his two-day visit to Thailand today.

He said Hishammuddin could track the businessman under his own effort.

Mahathir was in Bangkok for a two-day visit since yesterday and held a bilateral meeting with his Thai counterpart Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha where they discussed various issues of common interest including on the southern Thai peace process.

Meanwhile, Mahathir was also asked on a suggestion by the Johor Crown Prince for the funds for the building of the crooked bridge in Johor to be spent on other beneficial projects like hospitals.

“Whether the fund is used well would be determined by the people and their government. We don’t question other people making money for themselves, that is their right. We are not wasting anybody’s money,” the prime minister said.

The money to build the bridge, said Dr Mahathir, could be recovered through various methods such as tolls.

He said there was a need to build a third bridge linking Johor Bahru and Singapore and the crooked bridge did not require consent from the Singaporean government.