According to an article by CNA, Rosmah Manor, who is the wife of Malaysia’s former Prime Minister (PM) Najib Razak, has gotten the Court of Appeal to release her passport temporarily on (21 Mar).
Will be coming to Singapore to visit her family
She will be coming to Singapore for six weeks to visit her daughter and her family and according to the article, one of her two grandchildren is reportedly unwell.
Her application for the release of her passport was made much earlier and the decision to release her passport was made by a panel of three judges as the deputy public prosecutor did not reject her application.
Previously charged with corruption which led to her passport being impounded
In 2019, her passport had been impounded by the court as she was charged with corruption and previously in 2021, her passport was also returned to her temporarily during her corruption trial as she wanted to come to Singapore to visit her daughter who was pregnant at the time.
Rosmah would leave Malaysia for Singapore this coming Thursday according to her lawyer and would stay in Singapore for six weeks.
As she would be here for six weeks, she would be spending Hari Raya Puasa here.
She will return on Malaysia on 5 May.
Her passport was asked to be returned by the deputy public prosecutor by 10 May but her lawyer said that once Rosmah returns to Malaysia, they would return the passport in a week’s time.
Given a jail term of ten years
Rosmah was previously given a jail term of 10 years and also slapped with a fine of RM970 million when she was convicted of corruption back in September 2022.
She has appealed against her conviction and her appeal will be heard for four days come the 11th of July.