KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Court has mounted March 24 to hear Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s final attempt to recuse Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as the lead prosecutor in her photo voltaic hybrid venture case, as properly as to nullify the continued trial.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohamad Mustafa P. Kunyalam instructed the press that the date was mounted earlier than the Federal Court’s deputy registrar Siti Hajar Mustaffa right here on Friday (Jan 7).
“Submissions should be filed on March 3,” he mentioned when contacted.
Rosmah’s lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh appeared for Rosmah and Deputy Public Prosecutor Poh Yih Tinn represented the prosecution within the on-line proceedings through Zoom.
On Dec 6, a three-man bench of the Court of Appeal unanimously rejected Rosmah’s attraction after permitting the prosecution’s preliminary objection in Rosmah’s recusal software.
The court docket dominated that it has no jurisdiction to grant the declarations sought by Rosmah.
Rosmah was interesting towards the High Court’s resolution in dismissing her software to disqualify Sri Ram as the lead prosecutor in her corruption case and to annul the continued trial proceedings.
On Sept 24, Justice (*24*) Zaini Mazlan had dismissed her software on grounds that Sri Ram’s appointment by then legal professional basic Tan Sri Tommy Thomas was validly executed underneath Section 376(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The decide additionally dismissed Rosmah’s software for a keep of the trial pending the disposal of the attraction over the choice.
In the photo voltaic hybrid trial, Rosmah is accused of soliciting RM187.5mil and two counts of receiving bribes of RM6.5mil from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd’s former managing director Saidi Abang Samsuddin, via her former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor, between Jan 2016 and Sept 2017.
She purportedly obtained the cash in alternate for serving to the corporate acquire a RM1.25bil venture to present photo voltaic vitality to 369 rural faculties in Sarawak.
