Justo is believed to have met again with the prime minister, after a previous meeting yesterday that he disclosed on Facebook. ¬— Reuters file pic

PUTRAJAYA, May 21 — Former Petrosaudi International executive Andre Xavier Justo was spotted existing the Perdana Leadership Foundation here that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad continues to favour despite winning the general election.

Justo is believed to have met again with the prime minister, after a previous meeting yesterday that he disclosed on Facebook.

Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, who arrived in Malaysia last week and is on the interview circuit, is expected later today.

Justo, who was pardoned in Thailand for attempted blackmail linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case, was seen leaving at around 2pm and it is understood that he arrived around noon.

US ambassador to Malaysia Kamala Shirin Lakhdhi arrived just as Justo left.

Justo was arrested, tried and convicted in Thailand for attempting to blackmail Petrosaudi over a stolen cache of documents in 2015.

He had also been a key player in the early days of the 1MDB scandal, when he sought to sell the same cache to a local news organisation whose subsequent reports based on the documents caused it to be suspended by the Home Ministry.

Rewcastle-Brown was implicated as the broker in the alleged sale attempt, but has denied this.

Petrosaudi and 1MDB entered an abortive joint venture in 2012 for which the Malaysian firm still paid the former US$700 million (RM2.7 billion). Justo’s documents, which he tried to sell for US$2 million to the Malaysian outfit, were believed to be linked to that deal.

Reporters have camped outside the foundation here today in anticipation of possible formal visits to the prime minister.