The police this morning searched local law firm Rahmat Lim & Partners for documents linked to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), business daily The Edge reported.
The police were looking for documents involving three 1MDB bonds worth US$6.5 billion which Goldman Sachs had handled when they were issued in 2012 and 2013.
Rahmat Lim were the lawyers representing the US investment banking giant during the issuance of the 1MDB bonds.
“The police are there now after obtaining a court order to do a search because the law firm had refused to hand over documents requested by the police,” a source was quoted as saying by The Edge.
The same source reportedly said local law firm Wong & Partners – which had acted for 1MDB in those transactions – had handed over requested documents to the police.
“Lawyers should not think that they can withhold documents in a criminal investigation,” the source was quoted as saying.
Malaysian public prosecutors last month filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two former employees over the 1MDB scandal.