PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has fixed Sept 10 to deliver its decision on Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s appeal to recuse a High Court judge who presided over her corruption trial involving the RM1.25bil solar hybrid project in Sarawak.
Court of Appeal deputy registrar Muhammad Noor Firdaus Rosli set the date during case management on Friday (July 4).
On June 25, a three-member bench comprising Justices Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, Datuk Azman Abdullah and Datuk Noorin Badaruddin reserved judgment after hearing submissions from both the prosecution and defence.
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Rosmah’s lawyer, Datuk Akberdin Abdul Kader confirmed the date when contacted.
The wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is appealing against the decision by then High Court judge Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan, who has since been elevated to the Court of Appeal, dismissing her application for his recusal from presiding over her case.
Rosmah filed the recusal application just before Judge Mohamed Zaini was slated to deliver his decision on Sept 1, 2022.
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The application was based on allegations that a draft judgment in her case, purportedly prepared by a third party, had been leaked before its official delivery.
On the same day, Justice Zaini found Rosmah, 73, guilty of three corruption charges linked to the hybrid solar project, and sentenced her to 10 years in prison and a RM970mil fine, in default 30 years in prison.
However, she was granted a stay of execution on both the custodial sentence and the fine, pending the disposal of her appeal before the Court of Appeal.
Rosmah was charged with one count of soliciting RM187.5mil and two counts of receiving RM6.5mil in bribes from former Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin. – Bernama
