Failure by Rosmah to respond to the notice within the stipulated period may result in her facing a charge in not complying with the notice where she could face a fine of up to RM1 million or maximum jail sentence of up to a year or both if convicted.
Part of the funds has been slated for certain purposes including the management expenditure of KLIA, and subsidy and cash assistance, reportedly under the Budget 2017 allocation.
Former Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO) director-general Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid's lawyer Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz told this to High Court deputy registrar Farah Azura Mohd Saad, as he also indicated that his client is not objecting to the prosecution's application to transfer her case from the Sessions Court to the High Court.
The former Sabah chief minister had already claimed trial on Nov 5 to 35 counts of receiving bribes amounting to RM243 million between Dec 24, 2004 and Nov 6, 2008.
If convicted, Samirah may face the mandatory death sentence. However, the death sentence does not apply to the two teenagers.
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