Frustrated at a concerted attempt to keep the US$250 million (RM1 billion) superyacht Equanimity from US jurisdiction, the Department of Justice has applied to be the custodian of the vessel.

According to the DOJ’s filing yesterday at the California Central District Court, sighted by Malaysiakini, it said the yacht owners had "kept the Equanimity in a series of foreign locations and frustrated the government's efforts to bring this asset to the US...