Ex Malaysian Prime Minister's Wife, Rosmah Mansor Sentenced To 10-Years Imprisonment
Faith Ukanwa
Sep 01, 2022
Ex Malaysian Prime Minister's Wife, Rosmah Mansor Sentenced To 10-Years Imprisonment
Rosmah Mansor, wife to former prime minister in Malaysia, Najib Razak, have been sentenced to 10-years imprisonment after she was found guilty of receiving bribe to the tune of 1.25 billion ringgit ($279 million) solar energy project in rural Sarawak.
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70-year-old Mansor was sentenced by a court in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, a week after her husband was imprisoned over the looted 1MDB state fund.
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Najib was found guilty of corruption in 2020 in the first of the cases he faced in connection with the 1MDB scandal.
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The sentence was upheld by Malaysia's highest court last week and he is now serving his sentence in Kajang prison south of Kuala Lumpur.
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He is the first former Malaysian prime minister to be jailed.
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Mansor was charged and found guilty on three counts of bribery. Prosecutors say she sought a payment of 187.5 million Malaysian ringgit ($41.8m) in return for helping the Malaysian firm, Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, get the government contract.
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According to prosecutors, Mansor received payments worth 5 million Malaysian ringgit ($1.12m) and 1.5 million Malaysian ringitt ($334,578) for the exchange which she had denied at the beginning of trial.
She is also facing additional charges of money laundering and tax evasion.
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