Court suspends arrest warrant against Rosmah, orders her to be in court on Monday

 

Rosmah Mansor did not attend the proceeding in the Court of Appeal today, as she was supposed to.

PUTRAJAYA: Rosmah Mansor has been ordered to be present in the Court of Appeal on Monday to follow her appeal proceeding to disqualify Gopal Sri Ram as senior deputy public prosecutor and declare her ongoing corruption trial a nullity.

However, a three-member bench chaired by Hanipah Farikullah fell short of issuing a warrant of arrest and revoking her bail as requested by Sri Ram for failing to adhere to a Oct 15 High Court order.

“The court is using its discretion to withhold the arrest warrant. Moreover, she (Rosmah) has never been absent from the High Court proceedings,” Hanipah said.

The wife of former prime minister Najib Razak is said to be still in Singapore visiting her daughter, Nooryana Najwa, who recently delivered her second baby.

According to the High Court order issued judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan, she is to return on or before Nov 21 and surrender her passport before Dec 6.

Hanipah, who sat with M Gunalan and Hashim Hamzah, said the bench also noted the explanation by Rosmah’s lawyer Jagjit Singh that it was due to his oversight that she was absent today.

Hanipah said the bench will give Rosmah the opportunity to appear before them on Monday at 9am.

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