Appeal court judges will announce their decision about Rosmah Mansor on September 10. The former prime minister's wife wants to kick out the judge who handled her corruption case. Court officials set the date during a hearing at Putrajaya. Rosmah's legal team has been fighting to remove the original trial judge from her billion-ringgit solar project case. Three appeal judges listened to arguments from both sides last month.
Rosmah claims the High Court judge should never have presided over her trial. She filed papers to remove Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan right before he was supposed to deliver his verdict. Her lawyers said someone leaked a draft judgment before the official announcement. The judge refused to step down and found her guilty of three corruption charges. He sentenced the 73-year-old woman to ten years behind bars and ordered her to pay nearly one billion ringgit.
The corruption case centers around a massive solar energy project worth over one billion ringgit in Sarawak state. Prosecutors accused Rosmah of demanding 187.5 million ringgit and actually receiving 6.5 million ringgit in bribes. The money came from Jepak Holdings managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin. Rosmah remains free during her appeal process. Her husband Najib Razak previously served as Malaysia's prime minister before losing power.
Rosmah claims the High Court judge should never have presided over her trial. She filed papers to remove Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan right before he was supposed to deliver his verdict. Her lawyers said someone leaked a draft judgment before the official announcement. The judge refused to step down and found her guilty of three corruption charges. He sentenced the 73-year-old woman to ten years behind bars and ordered her to pay nearly one billion ringgit.
The corruption case centers around a massive solar energy project worth over one billion ringgit in Sarawak state. Prosecutors accused Rosmah of demanding 187.5 million ringgit and actually receiving 6.5 million ringgit in bribes. The money came from Jepak Holdings managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin. Rosmah remains free during her appeal process. Her husband Najib Razak previously served as Malaysia's prime minister before losing power.
