Tension As Rosmah S Lawyer Shouts At Dpp

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A prosecution witness in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's corruption trial was bombarded with all kinds of questions by her lawyer for two days in a row as the defence tried to pin the blame on her former aide for the mess she was in. - NSTP/AIZUDDIN SAADKUALA LUMPUR: A prosecution witness in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's corruption trial was bombarded with all kinds of questions by her lawyer for two days in a row as the defence tried to pin the blame on her former aide for the mess she was in
The witness, businessman Lawrence Tee Kien Moon, was accused of being manipulated by Rosmah's former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor by lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh
This happened even though Tee repeatedly denied knowing anything much about the dealings which Rizal was entangled in as he was only asked to prepare a consultancy agreement for a solar hybrid project for rural schools in Sarawak
The 51-year-old consistently testified that all he knew was that Rizal had told him that a certain ma'am wanted the agreement to be prepared
Tee said it was always in the back of his mind that the ma'am which Rizal referred to was Rosmah even though he did not verify the matter
The 18th prosecution witness maintained that he took Rizal's word for it as the latter was Rosmah's Special Officer and there was no reason for him to doubt the fact
Jagjit then continued to pounce on this and repeatedly tried to get his client distanced from Rizal's dealings with Tee and the latter's role in the whole affair of seeking bribes from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, the company which was eventually given the contract
Businessman Lawrence Tee Kien Moon, was accused of being manipulated by Rosmah's former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor by lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh. - NSTP/AIZUDDIN SAADThe lawyer even shouted down Deputy Public Prosecutor Poh Yih Tinn twice when the latter stood up to protest that the witness was being asked the same questions over and again even though he had answered them
Jagjit animatedly pointed his finger at Poh, walked towards the DPP while raising his voice asking the latter not to interrupt him
Poh remained cool while he calmly addressed the judge to make his point
At the end of the cross-examination, lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram - who was not in the courtroom when the exchange happened as he was attending the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial involving Datuk Seri Najib Razak, later walked in and took charge of the re-examination of the witness
Despite all the tense moments earlier, Sri Ram nonchalantly informed Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan that he only had two questions for Tee
Sri Ram: Your role in this case only involved drafting the consultancy agreement
Tee: YesSri Ram: Do you have any personal knowledge of the arrangements between Rizal and the others
Tee: NoWith that Sri Ram ended the re-examination and informed the judge that the prosecution would be calling their next witness tomorrow
Rosmah is on trial for soliciting RM187.5 million and two counts of receiving bribes totalling RM6.5 million from Jepak Holdings managing director Saidi Abang Samsuddin
The bribes were allegedly received through Rizal as a reward for helping Jepak Holdings secure the RM1.25 bllion solar hybrid project for 369 schools in the interior of Sarawak
Rosmah was accused of committing the offences between January 2016 and Sept 2017. - NST

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