As Attorney General Remains Silent, Rosmah Continues Efforts to Get Money Laundering and Tax Evasion Charges Dismissed

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — The trial of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor for money laundering and tax evasion continued today despite the Attorney General’s Chambers failing to respond to her request to drop the charges.

At the start of today’s hearing, Rosmah’s lawyer, Amer Hamzah Arshad, informed High Court Judge K. Muniandy that the defence therefore wished to pursue its application to strike out the 17 charges against her.

“There is no response as of now (on the motion). We do not want to delay the matter. We will proceed with the motion (to have the charges quashed),” he said.

This is the third submission sent by the wife of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and it was made in December last year.

The first and second representations were filed on May 3 and August 18, 2023, respectively, but have not yet been decided by the AGC.

In the motion to dismiss, Amer argued that the charges against his client lacked sufficient detail to stand.

“The charges must disclose the key elements of the offence and one of the key elements is the transaction element.

“The way they (the charges) are formulated does not reveal a crime recognised by law,” he said.

In the trial, Rosmah faces 12 counts of money laundering involving RM7,097,750 and five counts of failing to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board between Dec 4, 2013 and June 8, 2017.

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