THE hearing of Rosmah Mansor’s bid to nullify her RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project corruption trial and to disqualify Gopal Sri Ram as the lead prosecutor in the case has been postponed to June 17.

Senior assistant registrar of the High Court Nur Azizah Jaafar in an email to both parties said judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan fixed the date after reviewing a letter from the counsel and getting feedback from the respondent (prosecution).

The hearing was supposed to have taken place tomorrow.

“The hearing on June 3 via Zoom where both parties are expected to present their submissions is postponed following implementation of the total lockdown by the government. The applications will be heard in open court on June 17.

“The June 15 and 16 dates fixed to hear Rosmah’s defence have also been postponed,” she said.

Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib, when contacted, confirmed both hearing postponements.

“It is understood that the defence has requested for the hearing of the applications to be in open court,” he said.

The wife of former prime minister Najib Razak filed two applications at the High Court on May 6, seeking to nullify her entire trial, in her bid to be acquitted of all three charges, as well as to remove Sri Ram as the lead prosecutor.

Rosmah, 69, filed the applications after the Court of Appeal had on April 8 granted her a copy of Sri Ram’s appointment letter, after the prosecution agreed to provide it to the defence team.

Rosmah brought the matter up for appeal after the high court dismissed her application on August 19 last year.

The appointment letter was not dated on or before November 15, 2018, the day when Rosmah was charged in court, and was not signed by the then attorney-general Tommy Thomas.

Instead, the letter was dated July 8 last year and signed by the current Attorney-General Idrus Harun.

On February 18, 2021, judge Mohamed Zaini ordered Rosmah to enter her defence on all three corruption charges, with her legal team due to begin presenting its case on June 9. – Bernama, June 2, 2021.