KUALA LUMPUR – Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s RM7 million money laundering and tax evasion case will proceed as scheduled today after the high court here dismissed the prosecution’s application to postpone the trial.
While the defence did not object to the deferment application, judge K.Muniandy said it was only fair for the proceedings to continue as the case has been ongoing since 2018.
Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib had applied to vacate proceedings for four dates so that the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) could have time to review Rosmah’s letters of representation.
The prosecution had applied for a deferment of two to three months to look into the information, including names, provided in the representations.
Rosmah had filed letters of representation on May 2 and August 18 this year.
On March 23, it was reported that the prosecution would call 13 witnesses to testify against Rosmah.
Rosmah, 71, was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on October 4, 2018, before the case was transferred to the high court here.
She is facing 12 charges of money laundering involving RM7,097,750 and five charges of failing to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board.
She is accused of committing the offences between December 4, 2013 and June 8, 2017.
In a separate case, Rosmah was found guilty on September 1 last year of three charges of soliciting and accepting bribes amounting to RM194 million in the corruption case linked to the solar hybrid energy project for 369 Sarawak schools.
She was sentenced to 10 years in jail and a fine of RM970 million. However, the execution of her sentence had been stayed pending her appeal process. – August 24, 2023