March 1 set for update on Rosmah’s new representation
We still need to obtain statements from several individuals to complete the investigation before finalising the decision on the representation. Ahmad Akram Gharib
The High Court here yesterday set March 1 for an update on the new representation submitted by Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to drop the 17 charges against her.
The representation involved 12 money-laundering charges amounting to RM7,097,750, and five charges of failing to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board.
Judge K. Muniandy set the date after Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib told the court that the representation submitted by Rosmah last December was still being scrutinised by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC).
“We still need to obtain statements from several individuals to complete the investigation before finalising the decision on the representation,” he said.
Earlier, Rosmah’s lawyer Datuk Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin informed the court that his client was on sick leave and requested for yesterday’s proceedings to be postponed.
This was the third representation sent by the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
The first and second representations were submitted on May 3 and Aug 18, respectively, last year, but had not been decided by the AGC yet.
Rosmah, 72, filed the notice of motion to be acquitted and discharged of all the 17 charges on Oct 4, 2020.
She is alleged to have committed all the offences at Affin Bank Berhad, Natural Rubber Building Branch, Jalan Ampang in Kuala Lumpur between Dec 4, 2013, and June 8, 2017, and at the LHDN, Government Complex, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, here, from May 1, 2014, to May 1, 2018.
The trial of the case started last Aug 24, and two witnesses had testified.