Kuala Lumpur – During Datin Seri Rosmah’s birthday month, the High Court acquitted her in a money laundering and tax evasion case, which was a “meaningful gift”.
The all-smiling wife of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak expressed relief that a six-year legal battle has ended this chapter.
“My attorneys have assured me from day one that these accusations are without merit, but you never know for sure.
“Being acquitted on my birthday is not only a meaningful gift to me, but also to my boss (Najib).
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“That’s what I call justice,” she said in an interview after the proceedings.
On Thursday (December 19), Judge K. Muniandy found Rosmah guilty of all 17 charges in the money laundering and tax evasion case and acquitted her.
In 2018, Rosmah, 72, was charged with five counts of involvement in money laundering for failing to submit a return of RM7,097,750 of income that was deposited into her bank account as required under the Income Tax Act 1967.
The five charges were brought under section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
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Rosmah also faces 12 counts of directly participating in transactions involving the proceeds of illegal activities, resulting in RM7,097,750 being deposited into her bank account.
She is alleged to have committed all the offenses at Affin Bank Berhad’s Jalan Ampang branch between December 4, 2013 and June 8, 2017, and on May 1, 2014 All offenses were committed at the LHDN office at the Government Complex (Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim) on 1 May 2018.
Rosmah is represented by lawyers Datuk Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin and Amir Hamza Arshad.
