A criminal complaint brought against a US-based lobbyist Nickie Lum Davis has revealed fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho's alleged links to a high-ranking Chinese official.

The criminal action against Davis is for his role in acting as a foreign agent for Low, also known as Jho Low, without disclosing it to the US government.

The US' Foreign Agents Registration Act requires any person acting in the US as an agent for a foreign principal, particularly in matters of lobbying, politics and public relations, to register with the attorney-general to prevent the covert influence of foreign principals.

The criminal complaint filed with the US District Court of Hawaii said Davis acted as a foreign agent with Low together with "Person A" and "Person B".

Low, who was referred to in the complaint as "Foreign National A", had largely relied on Person A to liaise with Davis and Person B. The role of Person A and Person B had previously been reported in the media.

Person A is ...