Ex-Goldman Sachs banker, Roger Ng, has asked Malaysian prosecutors to review charges made against him for allegedly abetting the sale of $6.5 billion bonds in 1MDB-linked bonds.
Ng’s lawyer Tan Hock Chuan told a Kuala Lumpur court that an application had been made to the country’s attorney-general to have the charges reduced or dropped.
«On the instructions of my client, we have sent a letter of representation to the A-G to review the charges against him,» Tan said, according to a «Reuters» report.
Ng’s request follows Malaysia’s decision to drop charges against Goldman Sachs after the American bank agreed to a $3.9 billion settlement deal, of which $2.5 billion in cash has already been paid. He is currently in the U.S. where he will face trial next year before returning to Malaysia under an extradition deal.
