Malaysia’s Former First Lady Goes On Trial For Corruption.
Rosmah Mansor , wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak, arrives for the start of her corruption trial at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on February 5, 2020.Malaysia’s former first lady, who allegedly bankrolled a luxurious lifestyle with kickbacks and stolen public money, went on trial Wednesday for corruption for the first time since her husband lost power.
Her husband’s long-ruling coalition suffered a shock election defeat in 2018 in large part due to claims he and his officials plundered billions of dollars from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. Prosecutors allege she pocketed 6.5 million ringgit for helping a company secure the project to provide solar power generators to schools on the Malaysian part of Borneo island.
The former prime minister’s wife “occupied no official position. However, she wielded considerable influence by her own overbearing nature”, said prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram in his opening statement.The trial was supposed to start Monday but was delayed after Rosmah was admitted to a hospital complaining of neck pain. On Wednesday she arrived in a car followed by an ambulance and limped into the courtroom.
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