The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has withdrawn a court application to release documents from lawyers as they usually are not needed at the moment, Deputy Public Prosecutor Mahadi Abdul Jumaat told reporters on Wednesday.
The investigation is ongoing and “we may ask for other documents at a later stage,” he said.
As a part of the 2020 settlement with Malaysia, Goldman made an initial payment of $2.5 billion in September of that yr. It also guaranteed the return of $1.4 billion in 1MDB assets seized by authorities around the globe in exchange for Malaysia agreeing to drop criminal charges against the corporate and never file latest ones.
The ongoing investigation by the anti-corruption agency is into “corruption and money laundering,” Mahadi said.
Rosli Dahlan, whose law firm represented 1MDB on the time of the deal, said in a separate statement on Wednesday that MACC’s actions were an try and tarnish his fame.
“I must put an end to all these intrigues against my company,” Rosli said.
“There is still a lot to do to recover the losses incurred as a result of the 1MDB scandal,” he added.
Goldman Sachs lawyer Shaarvin Raaj said on Wednesday that the US bank had withdrawn its motion to intervene within the case after the MACC stayed legal proceedings over the documents.
