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Rosmah seeks temporary passport release to travel to Singapore

Wife of ex-PM wants to visit daughter, who is expected to deliver third child

Updated 2 years ago · Published on 16 Aug 2023 5:32PM

Rosmah seeks temporary passport release to travel to Singapore
Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pic) says that so far, she has never failed to turn up in court for proceedings without reason or reasonable grounds. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes file pic, August 16, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR – Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has again submitted an application to the Court of Appeal for the temporary release of her passport to visit her daughter, Nooryana Najwa Mohd Najib, who is expected to deliver her third child at the end of the month. 

Rosmah filed the notice of motion on August 11 through Messrs Akberdin & Co to be with Nooryana who is due to give birth on August 28. 

The court will hear her application tomorrow. 

In the notice, the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said she intends to travel to Singapore from August 18 to 23, August 26 to September 6, and September 9 to October 31. 

Rosmah said she will return to Malaysia to attend the appeal proceedings of her solar hybrid project corruption case. 

Prior to this, the Court of Appeal had fixed September 18 for case management. 

Rosmah said so far, she has never failed to turn up in court for proceedings without reason or reasonable grounds. 

This is the fourth time Rosmah is applying for a temporary release of her passport to travel to Singapore. 

The first was on October 15, 2021 to visit Nooryana who had delivered her second child, and then on March 21 this year to visit her daughter and grandchild, and also on June 15 to visit Nooryana Najwa again. 

Nooryana is married to Kazakhstan national Daniyar Kessikbaye and the couple now resides in Singapore. 

On September 1 last year, the high court found Rosmah guilty of three corruption charges involving RM1.25 billion in connection with a hybrid solar project for schools in Sarawak.

Rosmah, 71, was sentenced to 10 years in jail on each charge to be served concurrently, which means she will only serve 10 years in jail. She was also fined RM970 million, in default of 30 years in jail.

The high court, however, granted Rosmah a stay of execution of the prison sentence and fine pending her appeal at the Court of Appeal. – Bernama, August 16, 2023

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