Rosmah briefly arrested at anti-corruption agency, expected to face another charge

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PUTRAJAYA - The wife of ex-premier Najib Razak was briefly arrested on Tuesday (April 9) by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) after she was summoned to the agency.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PUTRAJAYA - The wife of ex-premier Najib Razak was briefly arrested on Tuesday by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission after she was summoned to the agency.

Rosmah Mansor is expected to face another corruption charge on Wednesday in connection with a solar power project for Sarawak rural schools, The Malaysian Insight news site reported. She allegedly solicited and received a RM5 million bribe in relation to the project, under the new charge.In November last year, she was charged with two counts of soliciting and receiving bribes involving a sum of RM189 million to help Jepak Holdings win a solar project worth RM1.25 billion in schools in the eastern state of Sarawak.Rosmah was charged with 17 money laundering offences in October last year.

 

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