KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General's Chambers (A-GC) has yet to decide on Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's request to drop her 12 money laundering charges involving more than RM7 million and five charges of failing to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).
Rosmah's lawyer, Amer Hamzah Arshad, confirmed this to the court during the hearing of the case today.
This is the third representation sent by the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
The first and second representations were submitted on May 3 and Aug 18 last year.
Amer Hamzah told the court that the defence wanted to continue with its submission to quash all the charges.
In his submission, he had argued that the charges against his client were not properly detailed as required by law, causing Rosmah to be confused about the exact nature of the alleged offences.
"The manner in which the charges are framed does not disclose any offence under the law."
The hearing will resume on Aug 23 before judge K. Muniandy.
Rosmah, in her written affidavit, claimed all charges against her were defective, premature and inconclusive.
She claimed that there was no order, directive, request or demand indicating that the amounts in those charges were subjected to tax payment under the Income Tax Act 1976.
She asserted that she had the substantive right to refer the question of whether the contested amounts were subject to taxation to the Special Commissioners of Income Tax, a right that had been denied to her in this case.
Rosmah is facing 12 charges of money laundering involving RM7,097,750 and five charges of failing to declare her income to the IRB.
She is accused of committing the offences between Dec 4, 2013, and June 8, 2017.