Court to hear SC's bid for joint-trial in Goldman Sachs banker's 1MDB case

The prosecution has applied for all four charges against former Goldman Sachs bank officer Roger Ng Chong Hwa over the sale of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) bonds totalling US$6.5 billion to be heard by one High Court judge.

Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Izzat Fauzan from the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) said currently two charges are being heard before judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan and the other two before judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin.