There is no evidence showing a link between the bank transactions of a former Goldman Sachs banker and his wife and that of 1MDB, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard today.

Lawyer Tan Hock Chuan submitted that the affidavits of two investigating officers into the 1MDB affair alone do not provide proof of such linkage involving Roger Ng and his wife Lim Hwee Bin.

Tan is acting for Ng and Lim during today’s hearing of the government’s 1MDB-linked forfeiture suit against the couple and 16 others...