Goldman Sachs Group Inc. appointed a lawyer to observe the 1MDB trial of Malaysia’s former leader Najib Razak.
The U.S. bank is represented by local lawyer Chetan Jethwani, who will hold a watching brief in the hearing set to begin Aug. 26, according to a Kuala Lumpur court. A watching brief lets lawyers, whose clients aren’t directly involved in the case, obtain witness statements and documents in the trial but doesn’t allow them to question witnesses or submit evidence.