1MDB: Roger Ng granted DNAA pending sentencing in US trial


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has given former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng Chong Hwa a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) over four counts of abetting the company in the sale of security notes and bonds worth US$6.5bil belonging to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) subsidiaries.

Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin made the ruling on Monday (Jan 9) after deputy public prosecutor Zaki Asyraf Zubir made an application pending sentencing phase in Ng's trial at the Eastern District of New York court.

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