00:00The Court of Appeal has deferred the recording of additional evidence in Rosmah Mansour's appeal against her conviction for corruption
00:08linked to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project in Sarawak.
00:14A three-member bench chaired by Justice Azahari Kamal Ramli granted the stay after Rosmah's defence team raised no objection.
00:22Rosmah's counsel, Amir Hamza Arshad, said the agreement was reached after prosecutors assured them that the federal court appeal would
00:31be expedited.
00:33Azahari ordered the stay to remain in place until the federal court disposes of the prosecution's appeal.
00:39The High Court had been due to record further evidence from prosecution witness Ryan Radzwill Abdullah today.
00:46The Court of Appeal fixed October 7 for case management and directed both parties to notify the High Court of
00:54the ruling.
00:55Rosmah was previously granted permission to present new evidence including a police report, Ryan's statutory declaration and supporting documents which
01:05she claims will show his evidence was affected by pressure from prosecutors.
01:11Rosmah, wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, was convicted in 2022 for soliciting RM187.5 million from former Jepak
01:22Holdings Managing Director Saidi Abang Samsuddin to help the company secure the solar hybrid project.
01:28She was also found guilty of receiving RM5 million from Saidi through former aide Rizal Mansur in 2016 and another
01:38RM1.5 million in 2017.
01:41Rosmah was sentenced to 10 years jail and fined RM970 million with another 10 years imprisonment if she failed to
01:51pay the fine.
01:52Roman Dawi Gapari, FMT
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