There are two ways to "catch" Low Taek Jho, who is better known as Jho Low, said Pakatan Harapan chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The first is to "lure" the Penang-born businessperson with beautiful girls.

"Jho Low is protected by big powers. Don't know how he went missing.

“I suggest to the government, lure him with beautiful girls, who smell nice and with a smiley face, and you can get him," he told a forum audience tonight.

Mahathir was referring to Low’s oft-publicised “tabloid party boy” lifestyle, with rumours of the wanted businessperson cavorting with a host of celebrities, such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Miranda Kerr and Elva Hsiao.

The second way to get Low, according to Mahathir, was to first "capture" Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak...