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KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has called Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to present his defense for the three corruption charges related to a hybrid solar energy project in Sarawak.
Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan made the decision on Thursday (February 18) after the court found that the prosecution had proven a prima facie case against the defendant.
On November 15, 2018, Rosmah claimed a trial in the Court of Sessions here on two counts of requesting RM187.5mil and receiving RM1.5mil for projects to provide solar power to rural schools in Sarawak.
In the first count, she was accused of dishonestly requesting for herself, through her former special officer Datuk Rizal Mansor, 46, a bonus of RM187.5 thousand, which is 15% of the contract value for the project, of Saidi.
It was an incentive to help the company (Jepak Holdings) to secure the Integrated Project of the Hybrid Photovoltaic Solar System and the Maintenance and Operation of Genset / Diesel for 369 rural schools in Sarawak, worth RM1.25bil through negotiation direct from the Ministry of Education.
She was charged with committing the crime at Lygon Cafe ‘, G-24, Ground Floor, Sunway Putra Mall, 100, Jalan Putra, Chow Kit, here between March and April 2016.
In the second count, Rosmah was accused of dishonestly receiving RM1,500,000 from Saidi for the same purpose in number 11, Jalan Langgak Duta, Taman Duta, here on September 7, 2017.
She was charged under Section 16 (a) (A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act, which provides for a prison term of up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount of the bonus or 10,000 ringgit. , whichever is greater, by conviction.
On April 10, 2019, Rosmah was again charged in the Court of Sessions here with accepting the RM5mil bonus from Saidi through Rizal for helping Jepak Holdings secure the same project at the same location in Jalan Langgak Duta.
All the cases had been transferred from the Court of Sessions to the Superior Court for the trial that began on February 5, 2020.
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