KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has filed a third representation letter seeking to quash her money laundering and tax evasion charges involving over RM7 million.
Rosmah's counsel Datuk Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin confirmed this before High Court judge K. Muniandy today.
Representation is usually carried out to apply for a retraction or to lower, or lessen the charge brought against an accused.
Firoz Hussein said the defence team had sent the letter to the Attorney-General's Chambers (A-GC) yesterday.
According to the senior lawyer, the latest application poses serious issues that the Attorney-General needs to consider regarding his client's charges.
He said the issues raised in the representation also touch upon matters that will be argued in the application to drop Rosmah's charges and not intend to delay the proceedings.
"Therefore, we are requesting an adjournment for today's proceedings," he said.
Initially, today was scheduled for the court to hear submissions from both parties on Rosmah's application to have all charges dropped.
Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib, when confirming the matter, said the prosecution would not object to the adjournment of the case today.
He said the prosecution also needs time to review the latest application.
However, the court ordered the defence to submit their arguments for dropping the charges.
The wife of Datuk Seri Najib Razak had previously submitted two similar applications on May 3 and Aug 18, respectively, which have yet to be decided by the A-GC.
Meanwhile, Counsel Amer Hamzah Arshad who also appeared for Rosmah argued that his client would not receive a fair trial as the 17 charges against her are flawed and confusing.
He asserted that the charges overlap with each other, and the first to 12th charges are vague and defective.
"It (charges) did not specify what illegal activity or predicate offence the proceeds are allegedly derived from.
"The tax evasion charges are also misleading," he said.
On Mar 23, the prosecution informed that there will be 13 witnesses that will be called to provide testimonies against Rosmah.
Rosmah, who is the wife of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, was charged in the Sessions Court here on Oct 4, 2018, before the case was transferred to the High Court.
She is facing 12 charges of money laundering involving RM7,097,750 and five charges of failing to declare her income to the Internal Revenue Board (IRB).
She is accused of committing the offences between Dec 4, 2013 to June 8, 2017.