Rosmah’s solar graft case: High Court to hear fresh evidence from key witness on Sept 17

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has set September 17 to hear additional evidence from prosecution witness Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's solar hybrid project graft trial.

This follows the Court of Appeal's decision to allow Rosmah to present new evidence in her appeal against her conviction and sentence.

The additional evidence, which includes a police report and statutory declaration, is alleged to show pressure exerted on Rayyan by the prosecution.

Rosmah was previously found guilty of soliciting and accepting bribes to help Jepak Holdings secure a RM1.25 billion project for rural schools in Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — The High Court today set September 17 to hear additional evidence from the star prosecution witness, Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah, in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s solar hybrid project graft trial.

Judge Datuk Aslam Zainuddin fixed the date after Rosmah’s counsel, Datuk Jagjit Singh, told the court that the Court of Appeal had allowed Rosmah’s application to adduce additional evidence in her appeal and directed that the additional evidence be recorded by the High Court.

“I have to fix the dates because the order of the Court of Appeal is quite clear. I think we will fix the hearing dates in accordance with the order of the Court of Appeal until a stay is granted.

“If a stay is granted, then we will take it from there. If not, we will proceed as ordered by the Court of Appeal. If I don’t comply with the order, I will be in contempt of court,” Judge Aslam said before fixing September 17 for the hearing.

On September 1, the Court of Appeal allowed the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to adduce additional evidence in her appeal against her conviction and sentence in the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project case.

The panel ordered that the additional evidence be obtained from Rayyan Radzwill, the 16th prosecution witness, through further cross-examination and re-examination.

Earlier, Jagjit said the Court of Appeal had already issued a specific order directing that case management be held today and requiring the High Court to record the additional evidence within two weeks.

“The Court of Appeal had also fixed the continuation of the criminal appeals for October, leaving a very tight timeline. The prosecution has filed a stay application, but no date has been fixed yet. We urge the court to proceed with fixing the dates,” he said.

Deputy public prosecutor Deepa Nair told the court that the prosecution had filed a notice of appeal on September 4 to the Federal Court against the Court of Appeal’s decision.

“We also filed an application to stay the Court of Appeal’s decision on September 8, and I have checked that there is no date yet. We have already put in a notice of urgency, so it’s not going to take much time.

“The matter will most probably be heard next week. Therefore, we seek for it to be adjourned pending the hearing of the stay application in the Court of Appeal,” she submitted.

She added that Rosmah’s appeal had been pending since 2022, and that the defence would not be prejudiced by a further postponement of a mere week or two.

Rosmah’s other counsel, Datuk Akberdin Abdul Kader, objected to the adjournment, saying that the Court of Appeal had ordered that the matter be disposed of within two weeks.

“We only need one day. I handled the cross-examination at the High Court and will be doing so here as well,” he said.

Rosmah, 74, sought to adduce the additional evidence, consisting of a police report and a statutory declaration affirmed by Rayyan.

In the declaration, Rayyan allegedly claimed that he had been subjected to pressure from the prosecution during the trial.

On September 1, 2022, the High Court convicted Rosmah on three corruption charges under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.

She was found guilty of soliciting RM187.5 million and accepting RM6.5 million in bribes from Saidi Abang Samsudin, the former managing director of Jepak Holdings, through her former aide, Datuk Rizal Mansor.

The bribes were an inducement to help Jepak Holdings secure the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak from the Education Ministry.

Rosmah was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment on each charge, to run concurrently, and was also fined RM970 million. She was subsequently granted a stay of execution pending the disposal of her appeal. — Bernama

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吉隆坡高等法院已定于 9 月 17 日听取控方证人 Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah 在 Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor 的太阳能混合动力项目贪污案审判中的补充证据。

此前，上诉法院裁定允许罗斯玛在对定罪和量刑的上诉中提交新的证据。

据称，包括警方报告和法定声明在内的补充证据表明，检方对雷扬施加了压力。

罗斯玛此前被判犯有索贿和受贿罪，以帮助 Jepak Holdings 获得砂拉越农村学校 12.5 亿令吉的项目。

吉隆坡，9月10日讯——高等法院今日宣布，将于9月17日听取控方明星证人雷扬·拉兹维尔·阿卜杜拉在拿汀斯里·罗斯玛·曼苏尔太阳能混合动力项目贪污案中的补充证据。

罗斯玛的律师拿督贾吉特·辛格告诉法庭，上诉法院已允许罗斯玛在上诉中提交补充证据，并指示高等法院记录这些补充证据。之后，法官拿督阿斯拉姆·扎因丁确定了开庭日期。

“我必须确定开庭日期，因为上诉法院的裁决非常明确。我认为，在暂缓执行令获批之前，我们将按照上诉法院的裁决确定开庭日期。”

“如果暂缓执行的申请获得批准，我们将根据情况再做决定。如果申请未获批准，我们将按照上诉法院的命令进行。如果我不遵守命令，我将构成藐视法庭罪。”阿斯拉姆法官在将听证会日期定于9月17日之前说道。

9月1日，上诉法院允许前首相拿督斯里纳吉·拉扎克的妻子在针对其在价值12.5亿令吉的太阳能混合动力项目案中的定罪和量刑的上诉中提交补充证据。

小组命令通过进一步交叉询问和重新询问，从第 16 位控方证人 Rayyan Radzwill 那里获取更多证据。

此前，贾格吉特表示，上诉法院已发出具体命令，指示今天举行案件管理听证会，并要求高等法院在两周内记录补充证据。

“上诉法院已将刑事上诉的续审日期定于10月，时间非常紧迫。检方已提交暂缓执行申请，但尚未确定日期。我们敦促法院尽快确定日期，”他说道。

副检察官迪帕·奈尔告诉法庭，检方已于9月4日向联邦法院提起上诉，反对上诉法院的裁决。

“我们于9月8日提交了暂缓执行上诉法院裁决的申请，我查了一下，目前还没有确定日期。我们已经提交了紧急通知，所以应该不会花费太多时间。”

她提交的申请书称：“此案很可能将于下周开庭审理。因此，我们请求将案件延期，等待上诉法院对暂缓执行申请的审理结果。”

她补充说，罗斯玛的上诉自 2022 年以来一直悬而未决，再推迟一两周不会对辩方造成不利影响。

罗斯玛的另一位律师拿督阿克伯丁·阿卜杜勒·卡德尔反对延期审理，称上诉法院已下令在两周内结案。

“我们只需要一天时间。我在高等法院已经处理过交叉质询，在这里我也会这样做，”他说。

74 岁的罗斯玛试图提交补充证据，其中包括一份警方报告和一份由雷扬确认的法定声明。

据称，雷扬在声明中声称，他在审判期间受到了检方的压力。

2022 年 9 月 1 日，高等法院根据 2009 年马来西亚反贪污委员会法令第 16(a)(A) 条，对罗斯玛的三项贪污指控作出有罪判决。

她被判犯有向 Jepak Holdings 前董事总经理 Saidi Abang Samsudin 索取 1.875 亿令吉并接受 650 万令吉贿赂的罪行，而行贿者是她的前助手 Datuk Rizal Mansor。

这些贿赂是为了诱使 Jepak Holdings 从教育部获得价值 12.5 亿令吉的太阳能混合动力项目，该项目将为砂拉越的 369 所乡村学校建设太阳能混合动力设施。

罗斯玛因每项指控被判处10年监禁，合并执行，并被罚款9.7亿令吉。随后，她的死刑暂缓执行，等待上诉结果。——马新社

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