Deputy public prosecutor Poh Yin Tinn said the date was fixed following case management before Court of Appeal deputy registrar Mohd Khairi Haron today.

Lawyer Jagjit Singh represented Rosmah, the wife of former prime minister Najib Razak.

FMT understands that the prosecution will also file an affidavit to oppose the stay and for Rosmah to enter her defence on Oct 5.

Last week, trial judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan said Sri Ram’s appointment under the Criminal Procedure Code by then attorney-general Tommy Thomas in August 2018 was valid.

He also accepted the alternative submission by the prosecution that the present Attorney-General Idrus Harun’s backdated appointment letter for Sri Ram, which was issued on May 21, could “cure” any defect by Thomas.

The judge also dismissed Rosmah’s oral application for a stay of proceedings pending an appeal to the Court of Appeal.

She is charged with soliciting RM187.5 million from contractor Saidi Abang Samsudin in a solar panel project for Sarawak schools, as well as receiving RM6.5 million in cash from him.

It is alleged that the money was meant to help Saidi’s company, Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, to secure the RM1.25 billion project.