Websites identify high-flyer seen with Hilton

SEVERAL websites are abuzz with news that Malaysian millionaire Taek Jho Low is the “mystery man” spotted with good-time girl Paris Hilton, reported Kosmo!

The Malay tabloid said the websites, including that of OK! Magazine, had identified Hilton as the girl in a sexy pink outfit in a photograph of partygoers aboard a boat in Paris, France.

According to the magazine, Low had been splashing his money, holding expensive parties in various nightclubs and running up huge shopping bills.

The New York Post had reported on Nov 8 last year that Low, who is in his 20s and a graduate from Wharton Business School in Philadelphia, spent thousands of dollars in nightclubs over a three-month period in the United States.

He caught media attention after being spotted partying with several celebrities, including singer P. Diddy, in the city.

According to the operator of Pink Elephant Club at 27th Street in New York, Low always spent between US$50,000 (RM161,150) and US$60,000 (RM193,380) a night, including flying eight waitresses to a party in Malaysia once.

He was rumoured to be staying in a posh apartment in Park Imperial in the city, where James Bond actor Daniel Craig and P. Diddy also lived.

Low, whose own recent birthday party was attended by actress Megan Fox, was said to be working as a consultant with a few international companies.

Although The Post interviewed various Malaysian experts, including members on the Foreign Relationship Council about Low, none had heard of him.

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> Malaysian millionaire Taek Jho Low has been asked by his father to lie low after news of him and American party girl Paris Hilton exploded on the media worldwide.

Several websites were abuzz with news that Low was the “mystery man” spotted with Hilton.

She was seen at Low’s birthday celebration together with other guests recently.

Low was said to have good relations with celebrities and wealthy people from the Middle East.

His father, a businessman, told Sin Chew Daily he had told his son to be cautious with his words and actions.

According to the daily, the 28-year-old Low is the third generation of a distinguished family in Penang that is involved in property and various industries, including high technology products, in Malaysia, Singa­pore and other parts of the world.

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