00:00Rosma Mansour has again failed to recuse the judge who convicted her three years ago of corruption
00:06in connection with a RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project for rural schools in Sarawak.
00:13In a unanimous decision at the Court of Appeal, Justice Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, who led a three-member
00:18bench, dismissed her claim that Justice Zaini Mazlan was biased and ruled that the allegation
00:24lacked merit. Rosma, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak,
00:29is entitled to bring a final appeal from today's decision to the federal court,
00:33and lead counsel Jagjit Singh later told reporters that an appeal would be filed.
00:39On September 1, 2022, Zaini, now a Court of Appeal judge,
00:43dismissed a last-minute application by Rosma to stop him from presiding over her case.
00:50She had sought to disqualify Zaini after a purported draft of his judgment
00:54was published by the late blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin.
00:58That same day, Zaini convicted her of soliciting RM187.5 million and receiving RM6.5 million
01:06in bribes from former Jepak Holdings Managing Director Saidi Abang Samsuddin through her aide Rizal
01:12Mansur. Zaini sentenced her to 10 years jail for each of the three charges to run concurrently and
01:20ordered her to pay a RM970 million fine or face another 10 years in prison.
01:26Panyujo, FMT.
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