PETALING JAYA: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's money laundering and tax evasion court case involving RM7.1mil that was scheduled to begin at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Friday (May 12) has been postponed to August.
Judge K Muniandy ordered the adjournment after allowing the application by her lawyer Datuk Geetham Ram Vincent.
Geetham had told the court that a representation had been sent to the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) on May 3.
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He said the application was made to drop 12 charges of money laundering and five cases of failing to declare income to the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN).
"In the document, we have raised some facts from the trial of the solar hybrid project case that Rosmah is also facing," he said.
Meanwhile, DPP Ahmad Akram Gharib confirmed that the representation was received on the date stated by the defence.
"We are asking for at least two months to prepare because they have raised new matters which are serious legal issues.
"Therefore, the prosecution is not ready to start proceedings today," he said.
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Muniandy had previously postponed the proceedings set for June 28 and 30, July 6, 7, 28 and 31 and Aug 1, 2 and 11.
"If (the representation is) rejected, the court will continue the trial as scheduled," he said before setting the proceedings to continue on Aug 24.
Rosmah, the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, faces 12 charges of money laundering amounting to RM7,097,750 and five charges of failing to declare her income to the LHDN.
On Sept 1 last year, the High Court here sentenced her to 10 years in prison and a fine of RM970mil after the 72-year-old was found guilty of three counts of corruption related to a solar hybrid project worth RM1.25bil for 369 rural schools in Sarawak..
The court also ordered Rosmah to be imprisoned for 30 years if she failed to pay the fine.
However, the court granted the application for a stay of execution of the prison sentence and fine pending her appeal at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya.
The hearing of the appeal will be from July 11 to 14.
