The Myanmar junta may be protecting fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), said ex-prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s counsel.

Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said this was due to the answers he got after cross-examining prosecution witness Jasmine Loo during the RM2.27 billion 1MDB abuse of power and money laundering case against Najib.

“Initially it was said...