The wife of former prime minister Najib Razak also denied that she ordered two butlers to collect two bags that contained RM5 million and have it taken to her room at the prime minister’s residence in Putrajaya five years ago.
“They were not called as witnesses nor offered to the defence,” she said in a witness statement.
Rosmah said it was not difficult to call the butlers as the government had their records.
“Butlers are appointed from among those who have no criminal records,” she said.
Moreover, Rosmah said the closed circuit television cameras at the Seri Perdana in Putrajaya were also not tendered as evidence to show that the two bags were handed to the butlers by Rizal Mansor, her ex-aide.
“CCTVs were placed at every nook and corner of the official residence for the security of the prime minister,” she said.
Rizal had told the court last year that he delivered the money to Rosmah and the butlers then carried the two bags from a car to the official residence.
Rosmah said the prosecution also did not put another butler on the stand nor offer him to the defence for allegedly collecting two bags that contained RM1.5 million.
She said Rizal also did not identify the butler who carried the bags to her room on the first floor of her private residence in Jalan Duta.
Rosmah said she had no knowledge of the money and did not accept any bags that contained the cash.
“The charges against me amount to victimisation as the prosecution refused to call the butlers. The crime never took place,” she said.
Rosmah, 69, is accused of soliciting RM187.5 million from former Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin, through Rizal, as an inducement to help the company secure a Sarawak schools’ solar project through direct negotiation with the education ministry.
She is also accused of receiving bribes amounting to RM5 million from Saidi through Rizal at Seri Perdana in Putrajaya on Dec 20, 2016.
Rosmah is said to have received RM1.5 million from Saidi at Jalan Langgak Duta here on Sept 7, 2017.
The hearing continues with senior deputy public prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram to cross-examine Rosmah.