KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has relinquished her claim on a US$220,000 (about RM1mil) white gold diamond bracelet, which is now being kept in Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) vaults.
Her lawyer Azamuddin Abd Aziz told High Court Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin during case management that his client “no longer wants to proceed with the claim on the item (white gold diamond bracelet).”
Lawyer Datuk David Gurupatham, representing Lebanese jewellery company Global Royalty Trading SAL, also confirmed that the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak did not want to proceed with the claim.
He said the withdrawal of Rosmah’s claim had saved all parties involved costs and time.
Global Royalty is also staking a claim on the bracelet, which is among the various items seized by the police from the premises belonging to Obyu Holdings Sdn Bhd at Pavilion Residences in May 2018.
All the items were allegedly linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal.
Meanwhile, lawyer Syazwani Mohd Zawawi, acting for Najib, said his party had yet to receive the prosecution’s response over the former prime minister’s claim on seven wristwatches.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Faten Hadni Khairuddin said the Attorney General’s Chambers had received the representation which was still being reviewed.
The prosecution would inform the court if there were any developments on the matter.
Earlier, Faten Hadni applied to amend the list of properties in the notice of motion to forfeit 2,436 pieces of jewellery, seven wristwatches and 29 handbags that were seized from the condominium unit owned by Obyu Holdings on May 17, 2018.
“We argue that the application to amend this notice of motion does not prejudice any party and is made in accordance with the provisions of the law,” she said.
Muhammad Jamil allowed the application to amend the notice of motion and set Sept 26 and 27 for the hearing of the prosecution’s application to forfeit the items.
In 2019, the prosecution filed the forfeiture application to seize various items ias well as cash in various denominations amounting to RM114,164,393.44. — Bernama
