Rosmah charged with money-laundering tomorrow

Updated 7 years ago · Published on 3 Oct 2018 5:10PM · 3 Comments

Rosmah Mansor (left) arriving at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters in Putrajaya for a third round of questioning earlier today. – EPA pic, October 3, 2018.

ROSMAH Mansor will be charged tomorrow for money-laundering, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) confirmed today.

She will be brought to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court at 8am tomorrow for charges under the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.

She was arrested at 3.20pm today while being questioned at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya, where she had gone for a third round of questioning.

MACC said the arrest was made after receiving the green light from the Attorney-General’s Chambers.

Rosmah was questioned on June 5 and September 26 in relation to money allegedly stolen from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) that was channelled into her husband Najib Razak’s bank accounts through a former subsidiary, SRC International.

Past news reports, quoting MACC sources, have said she could be face up to 20 charges, mostly involving money-laundering.

So far, only Najib has been charged. He faces 32 counts, of which 25 are in relation to a RM2.6 billion “donation” channelled into his bank accounts, and seven others are over RM42 million he received from SRC International, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

Apart from the MACC investigations, Rosmah is also sued by Global Royalty Trading SAL over 44 pieces of unreturned jewellery valued at RM60 million.

The items were seized during police raids at premises linked to Najib in May and are part of a total haul worth more than RM1 billion.

It was also reported by the New Straits Times that other purchases Rosmah made using funds allegedly from 1MDB included hormone-based anti-aging products from the United States worth more than RM1 million, and a plant-based health food costing RM100,000. – October 3, 2018.

Rosmah Mansor first presented herself to the MACC on June 5 to give a statement related to the probe into SRC International Sdn Bhd. – EPA pic, October 3, 2018.

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    Posted 7 years ago by Chen Fui Chin · Reply

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    Posted 7 years ago by Zarina Shafie · Reply

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    Posted 7 years ago by Jebat Hebat · Reply