Ex Malaysian Prime Minister’s Wife, Rosmah Mansor Sentenced To 10-Years Imprisonment

Rosmah Mansor, wife to former prime minister in Malaysia, Najib Razak, have been sentenced to 10-years imprisonment after she was found guilty of receiving bribe to the tune of 1.25 billion ringgit ($279 million) solar energy project in rural Sarawak.

70-year-old Mansor was sentenced by a court in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, a week after her husband was imprisoned over the looted 1MDB state fund.

Najib was found guilty of corruption in 2020 in the first of the cases he faced in connection with the 1MDB scandal.

The sentence was upheld by Malaysia’s highest court last week and he is now serving his sentence in Kajang prison south of Kuala Lumpur.

He is the first former Malaysian prime minister to be jailed.

Mansor was charged and found guilty on three counts of bribery. Prosecutors say she sought a payment of 187.5 million Malaysian ringgit ($41.8m) in return for helping the Malaysian firm, Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, get the government contract.

According to prosecutors, Mansor received payments worth 5 million Malaysian ringgit ($1.12m) and 1.5 million Malaysian ringitt ($334,578) for the exchange which she had denied at the beginning of trial.
She is also facing additional charges of money laundering and tax evasion.