Jho Low is expected to be detained soon, Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador said yesterday.
Without elaborating, he said the police are confident of bringing Low back to the country to face justice.
“Insya-Allah (God willing), when I say we are sure of bringing him back soon, it means soon,” he said.
Abdul Hamid said last week that the police have new leads on the whereabouts of Low.
Meanwhile, Low is fighting to claim back his family mansion seized in the 1MDB case.
He is fighting the seizure of his mother’s mansion, saying his family has lived in the property since before 1MDB existed.
Low said the purchase and construction of his family home in Penang predated the state fund, as his mother, Goh Gaik Ewe, holds a certificate of occupation dated July 2000.
A spokesman for Low, through his US lawyers, provided the occupancy certificate.
Malaysian authorities are seeking to seize the mansion as part of a RM680 million civil forfeiture action.
Low dropped his claims to a stake in the Park Lane Hotel in New York City last year, paving the way for the property to be sold and the funds returned to Malaysia by the US Justice Department.
This week, lawyers for Low asked a US judge to let them take the first steps toward selling two luxury condominiums in Manhattan, which are part of US forfeiture lawsuits linked to 1MDB.
Who will keep the proceeds remains unresolved as Low continues to fight the suits.