Kuala Lampur, July 3 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has maintained that Malaysia will not alter its position on fugitive financier Jho Low, regardless of whether the US government grants him a presidential pardon.

Speaking to reporters after Friday prayers at Masjid As-Sodiqin in Cheras, Anwar decoupled Malaysia's legal stance from any potential clemency in the US, NST reported.

"That is a decision for the US," Anwar said, referring to the alleged mastermind of the multibillion-dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.

"But our position is not affected by any decision in the US."

This steadfastness follows previous assurances from the Prime Minister that the Malaysian government is not considering any pardon for ...