KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pic) has submitted a request to dismiss all 17 charges of money laundering and tax evasion she is currently being prosecuted for.
She filed the application at the High Court on September 6, claiming that the charges against her are groundless, flawed, and premature.
In her affidavit, which was submitted prior to the case management for her trial on September 7, Rosmah stated that a criminal court is not the appropriate platform to determine whether the money she received was taxable under the Income Tax Act.
“If the criminal court proceeds with its findings on whether the money was taxable, it would encroach on the authority of the Special Commissioners of Income Tax (SCIT), which is an authorized body under a written law,” she said.
“Under any circumstances, I also have the substantive right to refer the tax payment issue to SCIT, which is denied to me in these charges,” Rosmah added.
Rosmah, who is 71 years old, is facing 12 charges of money laundering, involving RM7,097,750, and five counts of failure to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board.
She is alleged to have committed these offenses at Affin Bank Berhad, Bangunan Getah Asli branch, Jalan Ampang between December 4, 2013 and June 8, 2017, and at LHDN Kompleks Bangunan Kerajaan, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim between May 1, 2014 and May 1, 2018.
On October 4, 2018, she pleaded not guilty to all the charges at the Sessions Court.
On September 1 of the previous year, the High Court found Rosmah guilty on three counts of corruption related to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak.
She was sentenced to 10 years in jail, fined RM970 million, and is currently out on bail while waiting for the outcome of her appeal.
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