KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has filed an application at the Court of Appeal for leave to adduce new evidence in her appeal against her conviction and sentence in the RM1.25bil solar hybrid project case.
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.
Rosmah also wants to recall Rayyan Radzwill to testify before the Court of Appeal or have his statement recorded by the High Court.
If leave is granted, Rosmah wants to adduce additional oral testimony from Rayyan Radzwill as new evidence in her appeal.
Rayyan Radzwill, who was a former consultant and business partner for Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, was a key prosecution witness in the case.
On Sept 1, 2022, the High Court convicted Rosmah of three charges under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
She was found guilty of one charge of soliciting RM187.5mil and two charges of accepting bribes – RM1.5mil and RM5mil – from former managing director of Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, Saidi Abang Samsudin.
The bribe was received through her former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor as a reward to help Jepak Holdings obtain the Integrated Solar Photovoltaic Hybrid System Project as well as genset/diesel maintenance and operations for 369 schools worth RM1.25bil through direct negotiation from the Education Ministry.
Rosmah was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for each charge and fined RM970mil, in default of 10 years’ imprisonment. She filed an appeal to the appellate court the next day.
The Court of Appeal granted her a stay of execution pending the disposal of her appeal against the conviction and sentence.
The hearing for Rosmah’s appeal to set aside her conviction and sentence is fixed for a 16-day hearing beginning Sept 1.
