[Updated] Rosmah Gets 10 Years In Jail And Fined RM970 Million, Plus 10 More Years If She Fails To Pay
However, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak was granted a stay of execution pending appeal.
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Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has been found guilty of three counts of corruption connected to the RM1.25 billion Sarawak rural school’s solar energy project.
According to Free Malaysia Today, High Court Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan ruled that the prosecution had proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Following the verdict, Judge Zaini sentenced Rosmah to 10 years in jail and fined RM970 million.
The High Court also ruled that Rosmah will have to serve another 10 years in prison for each charge should she fail to pay the fine.
[Terkini] Judge Zaini meted out the punishment.
— Firdaus Azil (@FirdausAzil) September 1, 2022
1. 10 tahun bagi setiap pertuduhan, tapi berjalan secara serentak.
2. Denda RM970 juta untuk tiga pertuduhan.
3. Gagal bayar denda, akan ditambah 10 tahun penjara bagi setiap pertuduhan.
However, she was granted a stay of execution pending her appeal at the Court of Appeal (CoA).
The wife of incarcerated former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was charged with three corruption charges involving an RM1.25 billion hybrid solar project.
She was charged with soliciting RM187.5 million from former Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin, through her former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor to help the company secure the Hybrid Photovoltaic Solar System Integrated Project as well as the maintenance and operation of diesel generator sets for 369 Sarawak rural schools worth RM1.25 billion from the Education Ministry through direct negotiation.
She was also accused of receiving bribes totalling RM6.5 million from Saidi, through Rizal, on two separate occasions.
Rosmah was asked to enter defence by Judge Zaini on 18 February last year after the prosecution had managed to prove a prima facie case against her.
The charges were framed in accordance with Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
However, she maintained that she was the victim of a conspiracy and that Rizal was the real culprit for using her name to solicit and accept bribes.
Rosmah had earlier today failed in her bid to recuse Judge Zaini from hearing or making a decision on the case on the grounds that the judgement of her case had been leaked and went viral over the internet on 26 August.
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