KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has fixed March 1 for the outcome of a representation by Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pic) to the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) to strike out 17 charges faced by her.
Of the 17 charges, 12 are laundering charges involving RM7,097,750, and another five are charges for failing to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board.
Justice K. Muniandy set the date after Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib informed the court that Rosmah’s representation, which was submitted to the AGC in December, was still being reviewed by the AGC.
“We still need to obtain statements from several individuals to complete the investigation before we decide on the representation,” the DPP said here yesterday.
Earlier, lawyer Datuk Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin informed the court that Rosmah was absent from the proceedings as she was unwell.
He asked for the proceedings to be postponed.
DPP Ahmad Akram did not object.
Submissions in Rosmah’s application to set aside her criminal charges were originally scheduled to resume yesterday (Jan 16).
Rosmah filed her third representation with the AGC on December 12, 2023.
Her first and second representations, sent on May 3 and Aug 18, last year, were still undecided by the AGC.
Rosmah is accused of committing the offences at Affin Bank Berhad, Natural Rubber Building Branch, Jalan Ampang in Kuala Lumpur between Dec 4, 2013, and June 8, 2017; as well as at LHDN, Government Complex, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, here, from May 1, 2014 to May 1, 2018.
The trial started on Aug 24, 2023 and two witnesses had already testified so far.
