Rosmah Mansor’s lawyer has asked the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for one month to apply to transfer the case to the High Court pending the delivery of one specific document from the prosecution.
Her counsel K Kumaraendran said they had received some 600 pages of documents from the prosecution but the defence team was still waiting for a bank statement.
“May I suggest one month for the next mention and before that day, we will file the application,” he said in the Sessions Court today.
Judge Azura Alwi granted the request, setting Dec 6 as the next mention date for the case.
Retired Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram, who is leading the prosecution team, said they had no objections to this, but asked the court to ensure the defendant would not file a last-minute application such as on the day before the next mention date.
Kumaraendran assured the court that they will file the application to transfer the case to the High Court at least a few days before the next mention date.
“I can assure that we will do so well before Dec 5,” he said.
On Oct 4, Rosmah, wife of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, was slapped with 17 counts of money laundering charges.
Twelve of the charges were over deposits totalling RM7.1 million into her personal bank account from 2013 to 2017 and the remaining five for failing to declare the income. -Mkini
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