SHAH ALAM, July 25 (Bernama): Goldman Sachs Group Inc will hand over a cash payment of US$2.5 billion to the Malaysian government to resolve outstanding claims related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) in the next two months.
Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the cash payment is part of a total settlement of US$3.9 billion which the group had agreed to in order to resolve outstanding charges and claims related to the three bond transactions that the Wall Street bank had structured and arranged for 1MDB.