Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak has hired global communications firm, Karv Communications, to provide media relations support as former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng goes on trial in a federal court in New York.

A spokesperson from the firm revealed to Washington DC-based online news portal, Politico Influence (PI), that they were hired “to help ensure Najib’s actions and views are understood by US journalists and presented accurately in any US media coverage - including during the trial of Roger Ng currently underway in the Eastern District of New York.”

The portal reported that...