Oct 4 hearing of bid to stay Rosmah’s solar project corruption trial
The Court of Appeal fixed Oct 4 to hear an application to stay Rosmah Mansor’s corruption trial linked to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid energy project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak..
Her counsel Akberdin Abdul Kader confirmed that the Court of Appeal Registry today fixed the hearing date for the stay application, pending disposal of her related appeal.
“For the stay...
The Court of Appeal fixed Oct 4 to hear an application to stay Rosmah Mansor’s corruption trial linked to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid energy project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak..
Her counsel Akberdin Abdul Kader confirmed that the Court of Appeal Registry today fixed the hearing date for the stay application, pending disposal of her related appeal.
“For the stay, (the Court of Appeal fixed) Oct 4 (for hearing),” the lawyer told Malaysiakini this afternoon.
When contacted by Malaysiakini, deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib also confirmed that the Court of Appeal today fixed Monday next week to hear the stay application by Rosmah's legal team.
She is appealing against the Kuala Lumpur High Court decision on Friday last week, which dismissed her bid to nullify her corruption case.
Rosmah, who is the wife of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, also failed to get the High Court to stay her trial, pending disposal of her appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Akberdin was previously reported as saying that besides having filed the appeal, they have also filed an application for the Court of Appeal to stay her graft trial, pending disposal of her appeal.
The crux of Rosmah’s application to nullify her corruption trial hinged on the validity of former federal court judge Gopal Sri Ram’s letter of appointment for him to prosecute her case.
Sri Ram, who is now in private legal practice, is the lead prosecutor in the corruption trial against Rosmah who, on Feb 18, was ordered by the High Court to enter her defence.
High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan had ruled that Sri Ram's appointment by then attorney-general Tommy Thomas to prosecute Rosmah's case was properly done per Section 376 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
The judge noted that even though Sri Ram was initially appointed as DPP to handle the 1MDB-linked criminal cases against Najib, Thomas later orally authorised Sri Ram to also prosecute Rosmah’s case.
The judge pointed out that Sri Ram’s appointment to handle Rosmah’s case was further bolstered by two letters affirming this by current Attorney-General Idrus Harun, dated July 8 last year and May 21 this year respectively.
Rosmah is set to take the witness stand when the defence stage of her trial begins on Oct 5.
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