ROSMAH Mansor, wife of former prime minister Najib Razak, was today questioned by the Anti-Money Laundering (AMLA) police unit.

Rosmah, who had been charged twice this month with corruption, arrived at the AMLA headquarters about 9.30am.

A police source told The Malaysian Insight that Rosmah was summoned to have her statement recorded but did not divulge further details.

Early last month, Rosmah claimed trial to 17 charges of money-laundering and failure to declare income to the Inland Revenue Board.

She pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of money-laundering related to transactions involving her Affin Bank account between the end of 2013 and last year.

She also claimed trial to five charges of not declaring income to IRB.

According to the charge sheet, Rosmah is accused of receiving payments totalling RM500,000 in three tranches in December 2013.

She is also said to have received in 2014, RM100,000 (January 2), RM100,000 (January 29), RM200,000 (February 28), RM100,000 (March 14) and RM100,000 (April 8).

There were another eight transactions, totalling RM1.6 million, between September 4 and December 22, 2014.

In 2015, she is accused of allowing 127 transactions, totalling RM3.853 million, to the same account, and the following year, she allegedly received RM510,000.

The charge sheet stated that on March 29 last year, she allegedly received RM30,000 in five transactions.

On the charges involving her alleged failure to file tax returns between 2013 and last year, Rosmah stands accused of not declaring tax returns amounting to RM500,000 for 2014, RM2.24 million (2015), RM3.853 million (2016) and RM510,000 (2017).

She is also accused of not declaring tax returns amounting to RM30,000 this year. – November 19, 2018.