PUTRAJAYA: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has succeeded at the Court of Appeal in her bid to adduce new evidence in the appeal against her conviction and sentence in the RM1.25bil solar hybrid project case.
A three-judge panel chaired by Justice Azhahari Kamal Ramli unanimously allowed the application on grounds that the appellant's application was meritorious.
Other judges on the panel were Justices Dr Choo Kah Sing and K. Muniandy.
In a notice of motion, dated July 21, the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was seeking leave under Section 61 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 and Rules 68 and 69 of the Court of Appeal Rules 1994 for her to adduce three documents as additional evidence.
The three documents listed were a cover letter from Messrs Shamsuddin & Co dated July 10; a police report lodged by prosecution witness in her case, Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah, on July 10; and a statutory declaration affirmed by Rayyan Radzwill on July 10 along with all the attachments including an additional affidavit affirmed by the same person on Aug 3, 2020.
The hearing to record the new evidence has been instructed to be remitted back to the High Court before a new judge.
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