00:00The Kuala Lumpur High Court has acquitted Rosmah Mansoor of her 17 money laundering
00:05and tax evasion charges without going through a trial.
00:09Justice K. Muniandi said the charges against the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak
00:14were illegal and flawed as they did not comply with provisions in the Criminal Procedure Code.
00:20He said the charges amounted to duplicity and multiplicity and did not disclose any offence.
00:26Muniandi said he was using his original jurisdiction and inherent power as trial judge
00:31to give the accused an acquittal and discharge.
00:35Rosmah, 73, was standing trial on 12 money laundering charges involving RM7.09 million
00:41and five charges of failing to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board.
00:46She still has an appeal pending before the Court of Appeal over her conviction in the
00:50RM1.25 billion corruption case on a solar energy project for rural schools in Sarawak.
00:57Natasha Bust, FMT News.
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