ROSMAH Mansor today relinquished her claim on a US$220,000 (RM966,350) white gold diamond bracelet, which is now kept in Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) vaults.

Rosmah’s lawyer Azamuddin Abd Aziz said this during case management before High Court judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin.

“Our client no longer wants to proceed with the claim on the item (white gold diamond bracelet),” the lawyer said.

Lawyer David Gurupatham, representing Lebanese jeweller Global Royalty Trading SAL, also confirmed that the wife of former prime minister Najib Razak did not want to proceed with the claim.

He said the withdrawal of Rosmah’s claim had saved costs and time of all parties involved in the case.

Apart from Rosmah, Global Royalty is also staking a claim on the bracelet.

The jewellery was among various items police seized from the premises belonging to Obyu Holdings Sdn Bhd at Pavilion Residences in May 2018, allegedly linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd financial scandal.

Meanwhile, lawyer Syazwani Mohd Zawawi, acting on behalf of Najib, said his party had yet to receive the prosecution’s response over a representation submitted on May 26, regarding the former prime minister’s claim, as a third party on seven wrist watches.

Deputy public prosecutor Faten Hadni Khairuddin said the Attorney-General’s Chambers had received the representation and is still being reviewed. The prosecution would inform the court if there were any developments on the matter, she added

Earlier, Faten applied to amend the list of properties in the notice of motion to forfeit 2,436 pieces of jewellery, seven wrist watches and 29 handbags that were seized from the condominium unit owned by Obyu Holdings on May 17, 2018.

“We argue that the application to amend this notice of motion does not prejudice any party and is made in accordance with the provisions of the law,” she said.

Jamil allowed the application to amend the notice of motion and set Septmber 26 and 27 for the hearing of the prosecution’s application to forfeit the items.

In 2019, the prosecution filed the forfeiture application to seize various items, including 11,991 items of jewellery, 401 wrist watches, 16 watch accessories, 234 pairs of spectacles, and 306 handbags as well as cash in various denominations amounting to RM114.2 million. – Bernama, June 8, 2022.