PUTRAJAYA: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, has failed in her appeal to have Judge Datuk Mohamed Zaini Mazlan recuse himself from hearing and deciding on her RM1.25 billion Sarawak solar hybrid project corruption trial.
A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal, led by Judge Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, unanimously ruled that Rosmah’s application had no merit.
“The solar case involving the appellant has been heard by the trial judge, Datuk Mohamed Zaini Mazlan, for more than two years and throughout that period, the appellant never filed an application for him to step aside.
“During that time, the appellant accepted that the judge was fair and impartial. Therefore, we find the application to be without merit, and she has failed to show a real danger of bias,” he said.
The other judges on the panel were Datuk Azman Abdullah and Datuk Noorin Badaruddin.– BERNAMA
