KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today vacated the afternoon session of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's corruption trial after she complained of a toothache.
Her lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh informed Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan that his client needed to see a dentist as she was in pain and appealed for the case to be stood down.
However, Zaini urged Jagjit to finish his cross examination of a key witness who was in the midst of giving his testimony and said the court will vacate the afternoon session.
At that time, Rosmah's former Special Officer Datuk Rizal Mansor, 45, was taking the stand as the prosecution's 21st witness.
He had been cross examined by Jagjit throughout the morning before the lawyer made the application to adjourn the trial about 11.30am.
Jagjit then continued his cross examination before the case was adjourned about noon.
Rosmah is on trial for soliciting RM187.5 million and two counts of receiving bribes totalling RM6.5 million from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director Saidi Abang Samsuddin.
The bribes were allegedly received through Rizal as a reward for helping Jepak Holdings secure the RM1.25 bllion solar hybrid project for 369 schools in the interior of Sarawak.
Rosmah was accused of committing the offences between January 2016 and Sept 2017.
The trial continues on Thursday.