Police report lodged over ‘leaked Rosmah judgment’

Police report lodged over ‘leaked Rosmah judgment’

In its report, the chief registrar’s office of the Federal Court said the alleged leak was a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the court.

The High Court is scheduled to give its verdict on Rosmah Mansor’s corruption trial on Sept 1. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA:
The chief registrar’s office of the Federal Court has lodged a police report over an alleged leak of a court ruling in Rosmah Mansor’s corruption trial involving a Sarawak solar project worth RM1.25 billion.

In a statement, it said that the alleged leak was a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the court’s operation and administration of justice.

“Thus, a police report has been lodged in relation to the reports on the website in question,” it said, referring to a document said to be a copy of a judgment delivering a guilty verdict against Rosmah. The report with the alleged leaked document was posted by the Malaysia Today website run by fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin.

Yesterday, the police urged the public to lodge reports related to an alleged leak of Rosmah’s court ruling on her corruption trial involving the Sarawak solar project.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Azmi Abu Kassim said as of yesterday, no reports had been made and any investigation would only begin once a report is lodged, Sinar Harian reported.

The purported leak came less than a week after another leak allegedly of the Federal Court ruling of Rosmah’s husband Najib Razak’s SRC International case appeal ahead of the decision by the apex court on Aug 23.

Rosmah was charged with three counts of corruption linked to the RM1.25 billion Sarawak rural schools’ solar energy project.

She is accused of soliciting RM187.5 million through her former aide Rizal Mansor, as an inducement to help a company secure the solar project, and of receiving bribes amounting to RM5 million on Dec 20, 2016.

High Court judge Zaini Mazlan is scheduled to deliver his decision on Rosmah’s corruption trial at 9am on Sept 1.

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