Malaysia will ask the United States to hand over the US$1bil in assets it has recovered from fugitive financier Jho Low, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told reporters during his visit to Johor Baru on Thursday.<br /><br />The US Justice Department on Wednesday struck a deal to recoup funds allegedly looted from a Malaysian state investment fund by the financier, in a record capture for a US anti-corruption probe.