Rosmah needs to file statement of defence in 'missing' jewellery suit by June 2

Facing the heat: Global Royalty said it was the duty of the defendant (Rosmah) to take care of all the jewellery and keep them safe. — AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has entered a memorandum of appearance in a lawsuit filed by a wholesale jeweller from Lebanon demanding she pay US$14.57mil or RM67.46mil for violating a contract involving 43 pieces of jewellery sent to her five years ago.

Lawyer Rajivan Nambiar, who represented the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, said the memorandum was filed on May 2.