Deputy public prosecutor Poh Yih Tinn said during the online case management before Court of Appeal deputy registrar Khairi Haron today, Rosmah’s counsel Jagjit Singh informed the registrar that they had yet to collect the record of appeal.

Poh said the lawyer also asked for his client’s appeal against Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Zaini Mazlan’s decision not to recuse himself from hearing and deciding on the solar case, to be heard first.

“I told the registrar that the prosecution has no objection to Rosmah’s appeal to disqualify the judge to be heard first.

“The court then fixed Nov 14 for the next case management to check on the filing of the petition of appeal,” Poh said when contacted.

Akberdin Abdul Kader, also representing Rosmah, told Bernama they had not filed the petition of appeal yet.

On Sept 1, Zaini had convicted Rosmah, the wife of former prime minister Najib Razak, on three charges of corruption and sentenced her to 10 years in jail on each of the charges, with the prison terms to run concurrently.

The judge also fined her RM970 million. If she fails to pay the fine, she will be liable to a total of 30 years in jail.

The High Court, however, granted her a stay of execution of the imprisonment term and fine pending her appeal to the Court of Appeal.

Rosmah subsequently filed an appeal against her conviction and sentence on Sept 2.

She is also appealing against the High Court’s decision to turn down her application to disqualify Zaini from hearing and deciding on her case.