PUTRAJAYA: The lead prosecutor who had been dropped from Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's corruption trial was appointed as a judicial commissioner.
Datuk Raja Rozela Raja Toran was among nine judicial commissioners who received their letters of appointment from Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat today.
The other eight are – Arziah Mohamed Apandi, the daughter of former attorney-general Tan Sri Apandi Ali, Datuk Hazizah Kassim, Kan Weng Hin, Rosli Yusoff, Gan Techiong, Suriyati Hasimah Mohd Hashim, Maslinda @ Linda Mohd Ainal, and Saiful Azian Mokhtar.
Raja Rozela had been the lead prosecutor for two of Zahid's trials involving the misappropriation of funds belonging to Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB) and the 40 charges of corruption in connection with the Foreign Visa System (VLN).
On Aug 8, the New Straits Times confirmed that Raja Rozela, 58, had been -year-old was dropped from the Yayasan Akalbudi trial.
Attorney-General's Chamber appellate and trial division head Datuk Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar had been chosen to replace Raja Rozela as the lead prosecutor before the case was granted discharged not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) by the High Court in September.
This was after the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) decided to stop the case based on various new evidence raised by the defence in their representation letters.
This was after the High Court granted the deputy prime minister a discharge not amounting to acquittal of 12 criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges, eight counts of bribery and 27 for money laundering, involving scores of millions of ringgit belonging to YAB.