AGC needs more time to decide Rosmah's representation to drop 17 charges

KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's money laundering and tax evasion case has yet to decide on the third representation filed by the latter to drop the charges.

Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said this was because the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) still needed more time to decide on the representation as the matter involves the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).

"My Lord, in the last occasion, as I recalled, I have confirmed that the matter has reached an agreement, but since the case involves IRB, we needed more time to conclude the matter," he said before High Court Judge K. Muniandy during a case management today.

The representation is to drop her 12 charges involving more than RM7 million and five other charges of failing to declare her income to the IRB.

This is the third representation sent by Rosmah. The first and second representations were submitted on May 3 and Aug 18 respectively last year, but they have yet to be decided by the AGC.

Since the matter was not objected by Rosmah's lawyer Joshua Tay, the court then fixed Oct 11 for the continuation of submission on Rosmah's application to strike out all the charges.

The wife of the former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak filed the application on Oct 4, 2020.

The trial of the case started on Aug 24 last year with two witnesses having testified.

Rosmah, 72, is alleged to have committed all the offences at Affin Bank Berhad, Natural Rubber Building Branch, Jalan Ampang between Dec 4, 2013 and June 8, 2017, and at IRB Office in the Government Complex, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim here between May 1, 2014 and May 1, 2018.

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