There was no need for Australian model Miranda Kerr to return any jewellery to the United States' Department of Justice (DOJ), according to a member of the government propaganda arm, the Special Affairs Department (Jasa).

Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz, who sits on Jasa's advisory panel, said Kerr should have returned the jewellery to Penang-born businessperson Jho Low instead.

He said this is because there was no evidence that Low had used funds allegedly misappropriated from 1MDB to purchase the items...