Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has confirmed that controversial billionaire Jho Low has never applied to the National Registration Department (JPN) to have his name changed to Eric Tan Kim Loong.

This is despite a Singapore court, which heard that the 1MDB linked cases involved former bankers, establishing that Low had used the name to open bank accounts and corporate entities in the city-state.

In a parliamentary reply dated Nov 2, Zahid said; "Based on JPN's record, an individual named Low Taek Jho was issued a birth certificate and MyKad because he was born here...