Malaysian Court Finds Former First Lady Rosmah Guilty of Bribery

Former Malaysian first lady, Rosmah Mansor, was ordered to serve 10 years in prison after being found guilty on Thursday of soliciting, and receiving bribes during her husband’s corruption-tainted administration

The court decision comes a week, after former Prime Minister Najib Razak was imprisoned over the massive looting of one MDB state fund.

Rosmah was convicted on a charge of soliciting 187,5 million ringgit, and two charges of receiving 6,5 million ringgit, between 2016 and 2017, to help a company secure a project to provide solar energy panels to schools on Borneo Island.

The court sentenced her to 10 years of imprisonment on each charge, to be served concurrently, and a total fine of 970 million ringgit.

under the law, each charge carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, and a fine of five times the bribes solicited and received.