Fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho threatened The Edge chairperson Tong Kooi Ong over the business daily’s investigative reporting into the 1MDB scandal, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur heard today.

Tong, the 43rd prosecution witness, testified this during the RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial against the former prime minister and finance minister Najib Abdul Razak this afternoon...