Mysterious Rich Malaysian Partying Like Rich Russian

There is a geeky-looking rich guy from Malaysia who has developed quite the reputation for running up huge tabs at douchey NYC clubs, as well as flying Megan Fox to party with him "and his entourage" in Las Vegas, and sending 23 bottles of Cristal to Lindsay Lohan at 1OAK. Heads up gold diggers: his name is Taek Jho Low, and he's residing at the Park Imperial, where his profligacy is so extreme residents wish they had a rapper in the building instead. One neighbor tells the Post, "It used to be that when you saw the Cadillac Escalades outside, you knew Sean [Combs] was in town. Now it's this guy."

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By John Del Signore in News on November 9, 2009 9:59 AM

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smacky

who gives a fu*k...

inoyourider

Great, let him blow as much money as he wants around town. We can use it.

Spirit of 76

He looks sort of like Hiro from Heroes. I guess you can make big bucks by going into the future and finding out the outcomes of sporting events with long gambling odds.

Mr Mel

Watch. He'll skip out on his bills.

NannyState

This is what happens when they run out of KY in KL.

silver

He rejects Allah. Stone him.

whitecastlerock

So the Malaysian Bernie Madoff has arrived here on U.S. soil?

hotstepper

this story has "amateur hour" written all over it.

Kojak

Let him spend his money. You don't see the clubs or hotels complaining. And we all know most women will wax his nob to get a piece.

More power to him.

Splicer

So, of course, the best thing to do is to give him the attention he so craves. In a city full of rich assholes, one more is hardly noticeable.

jibbly

The article also says the dude's tab was picked up by some Kuwaiti pal.

There's also a quote in there that says it all,"Nobody spends their own money like that. It's just weird."