1MDB: Roger Ng granted DNAA pending US trial conclusion

The Kuala Lumpur High Court today issued 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$6.5 billion belonging to 1MDB subsidiaries.

Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin made the ruling after deputy public prosecutor Zaki Asyraf Zubir made an application pending the sentencing phase at the Eastern District of New York court.