Global Courant
PETALING JAYA – Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, has told a Supreme Court that she is not responsible for the loss of 43 pieces of jewelry belonging to a Lebanese company.
In her defense statement, she said the items were taken by police.
Rosmah answered a second lawsuit filed against her by Global Royalty Trading on March 29, regarding the claim to retrieve the 43 pieces of jewelry.
She claimed that in a raid, the police or the Malaysian government took the jewellery, adding that if they go missing, the police and government should be responsible for the losses of the Lebanese company that is the plaintiff in the lawsuit.
“I emphasize here that the statement that the said jewelery was taken by the police and the Malaysian government has its merits as an item of the missing jewelery was found with them,” Rosmah said on Tuesday.
She said that all jewelry involved was kept in the same place and was confiscated and taken away by them.
“It is common knowledge that all my and my family’s valuable property has been confiscated, so there is no way I will keep the jewels worth millions at a time when I was not allowed to travel abroad,” she added please.
Rosmah, 72, also denied asking for the jewelry, as claimed by Global Royalty.
She said the jewelry was given to her for the benefit and profit of the company to attract publicity and credibility from her customers.
On June 26, 2018, Global Royalty sued Rosmah as a defendant, demanding payment of $14.79 million (S$20 million) for 44 pieces of jewelry sent to her from which to choose.
According to the plaintiff, the plaintiff alleged that only one of the 44 pieces of jewelry was in police custody.
On August 28, 2019, the Malaysian government, through its affidavit of Police Inspector G/15177 Foo Wei Min (which was filed in the civil case), said that one of the 44 pieces of jewelry was with the police.
The plaintiff then withdrew the lawsuit to be re-initiated and intervene in the Malaysian government’s proceedings against OBYU Holdings, the owner of the jewels seized by the police under the Anti Money Laundering Act.
On March 11, 2020, Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussein granted the plaintiff’s application to inspect the jewelry seized by the police.
Global Realty then filed a new lawsuit to retrieve the 43 pieces of jewelry from Najib’s wife.
According to the writ filed with the Supreme Court on March 29, the jewelery case had taken steps through its lawyers, Ms. David Gurupatham and Koay, naming Rosmah as the sole defendant. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
