Malaysia – Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s last plea to dismiss her corruption prosecution over an M1.25 billion hybrid solar project in Sarawak and remove the main prosecutor failed. Datuk Seri Mohd Zawawi Salleh headed a three-member panel that said the criminal court lacked jurisdiction to give Rosmah’s declaratory relief. “We concur with the court’s reasoning. We don’t think criminal courts …

Malaysia – The prosecution said that Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s second attempt to remove Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan from the case was an abuse of judicial procedure. Former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, the case’s main prosecutor, said Justice Mohamed Zaini had already refused a similar appeal (to remove him as the trial judge), thus this was …