00:00One Malaysia Development Berhad or 1MDB SRC International Sendirian Berhad and nine subsidiaries
00:09have filed a civil lawsuit against Datuk Seri Rosmah Mansor seeking US$346 million belonging
00:16to the company.
00:18The plaintiffs claimed that Rosmah, the wife of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib
00:23Razak, had used the funds from the companies to purchase luxury items such as jewellery,
00:29watches and handbags.
00:31In the lawsuit, filed on May 9th through Messrs Lim Chee Wee Partnership, the plaintiffs named
00:37Rosmah as the first defendant and Shabnam Narendas Daswani, also known as Natasha Mirpuri,
00:45as the second defendant.
00:47They claimed that Shabnam, who was based in Singapore, had purchased or procured the luxury
00:53items on behalf of Rosmah.
00:55The plaintiffs claimed that funds from 1MDB and its subsidiaries were channeled to various
01:00offshore entities before being paid out to 48 different vendors based in 14 jurisdictions
01:06for the luxury goods.
01:08They are seeking a court declaration that they had equitable proprietary interest in
01:12the good and traceable proceeds in the hands of Rosmah, as well as an order for Rosmah
01:18to pay the first until the sixth plaintiffs, a sum of US$346 million.
01:26The lawsuit is fixed for case management on May 24.
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