Rosmah AMLA trial: Around RM1m in cash banked into Rosmah's account between 2014 and 2017, witness testifies
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 ― Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor received around a million in cash deposits in her Affin Bank Berhad account between 2014 and 2017, the High Court heard during Rosmah's money laundering trial here today.
Nor Ashikin Abdullah, the prosecution's first witness, confirmed to the court various deposits made into Rosmah's bank account between 2014 and 2017 totalling RM1,098,200.
As the bank's Automated Teller Machine Services and Support assistant manager, Nor Ashikin said she had access to transaction records performed by all cash deposit machines (CDM) owned by the bank nationwide.
“On November 9, 2018 I received a request from the bank's Anti-Money Laundering unit to obtain relevant information on the CDM deposit records belonging to the account 10-002000005-8," she said in her witness statement.
Subsequent to the request, she said she printed a copy of the electronic record using her workplace computer.
According to the transaction record, multiple deposits ranging between RM50 to RM9,900 were recorded over a period of 27 days.
The second prosecution witness, Faizal Shamsuddin testified and confirmed he was instructed by his superior ― one Roslan Sohari ― to deposit cash into Rosmah's bank account during his employment on a contractual basis between 2012 to May 2018.
A former Seri Perdana operations management officer, Faizal said he was given a yellow envelope containing RM200,000 ― which he testified he was unaware of its content at the material time ― to be deposited into an account on June 17, 2015 at the Affin Bank Bangunan Getah Asli branch.
However, he said he had neither the knowledge nor the purpose of the money that was deposited.
On a separate matter, the defence also informed the court it intends to file an application to strike out the charges against Rosmah after the court ordered for trial to commence pending a representation bid consideration by the Attorney General's Chambers.
They also said they would reserve cross-examination of the witnesses pending the hearing of the striking-out application.
High Court judge K. Muniandy later fixed September 7 for case management after agreeing to vacate the trial date for this month.
On September 1 last year, Court of Appeal judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan ― then a High Court judge ― found Rosmah guilty of three corruption charges involving RM1.25 billion in connection with a hybrid solar project to provide electricity for 369 rural schools in Sarawak.
Rosmah, who is the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for each charge to be served concurrently which means she will only serve 10 years in jail.
She was also fined RM970 million, in default 30 years in jail but her sentence is on hold pending an appeal to the Court of Appeal.
In this trial, Rosmah is facing 12 money laundering charges involving RM7,097,750, and five counts of failure to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board between December 4, 2013 to June 8, 2017.
Initially charged on October 4, 2018 at the Sessions Court, she has pled not guilty to all the charges.
