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Malaysia wants Goldman’s $7.5bn, not an apology

Finance minister seeks full reimbursement and reparations for the money the 1MDB fund raised with the investment bank’s help

Malaysia’s finance minister waved off an apology from Goldman Sachs chief executive David Solomon for the role of one its then-bankers in the scandal surrounding state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd., saying it wasn’t enough.

Lim Guan Eng said Friday that the only apology that would matter is one that comes with full reimbursement and reparations for the $6.5bn the 1MDB fund raised with the investment bank’s help. Prosecutors say much of the money was later siphoned off, with several hundred million dollars going to the personal accounts of then-leader Najib Razak.

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