00:00The prosecution has withdrawn its appeal against the High Court's acquittal of Datin
00:06Sri Rosma Mansour on 12 money laundering charges involving over RM7 million and five
00:12counts of failing to declare income to the Inland Revenue Board .
00:17The notice of withdrawal was filed on Dec. 9 at the Court of Appeal, and a letter from
00:23the deputy registrar confirmed that the Dec. 22 case management has been vacated, formally
00:29dismissing the appeal under Order 73 of the Court of Appeal Rules .
00:35Rosma's lawyer, Datuk Amer Hamza Arshad, described the High Court ruling by Judge K. Munyandi
00:41as appropriate and fair, and said Rosma and her team are pleased that justice has been
00:46served.
00:48On Dec. 19, 2024, Judge Munyandi quashed all 17 charges, ruling the prosecution had failed
00:55to establish key elements of money laundering.
00:58Rosma, 74, had filed to strike out the charges in September 2023, after her trial began on
01:05August 24, 2023, with only two witnesses testifying.
01:11She had pleaded not guilty on October 4, 2018, to the 12 money laundering charges and five counts
01:18of failing to declare income to the LHDN, committed between December 2013 to June 2017 and May 2014
01:28to May 2018.
01:30Rosma is also appealing her 10-year jail sentence and 970 million ringgit fine in the corruption
01:36case involving the Solar Hybrid Rural Schools project.
01:41The Court of Appeal hearing date for that appeal is yet to be fixed.
01:48And the court of Appeal hearing date for the sheriff's office which is showing you the
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