We reported this story in Billion Dollar Whale. Someone leaked us Najib’s credit card statements, and we saw the charge from Chanel in Hawaii. There are 2 Chanels in Honolulu. I got thrown out of the first for asking questions.
— Tom Wright (@TomWrightAsia) August 23, 2022
In the Ala Moana branch, a Chinese national saleswoman asked me to wait for the end of her shift. I sat 6 hours in a nearby Starbucks. She told me how Najib had come in with Rosmah to buy the $130k watch. “I’m from China and I hate corruption,” she said, when I explained our work
— Tom Wright (@TomWrightAsia) August 23, 2022