KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) will appeal the High Court's decision to acquit Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor of all money laundering and tax evasion charges.
Lead prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said this when met after proceedings today.
"We will file an appeal," he said briefly.
Meanwhile, lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, who represented the wife of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, said the defence expects the prosecution to file an appeal at the Court of Appeal.
"They have the right to file an appeal against the court's decision to acquit my client.
"We will meet them there (Appellate Court)," he said.
Amer Hamzah said High Court judge K. Muniandy in her ruling clearly explained all the legal issues related to the charges against his client.
"We will tell them not to waste time," he said.
In addition to Amer Hamzah, Rosmah is also represented by lawyers Datuk Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin, Mohamed Reza Abdul Rahim, Ravijan Nambiar, and Joshua Tay.
Earlier, Muniandy acquitted Rosmah of RM7 million money laundering and tax evasion charges on the grounds that the charges were illegal and flawed.
Rosmah was charged in the Sessions Court here on Oct 4, 2018, before the case was transferred to the High Court.
She faced 12 charges of money laundering involving RM7,097,750 and five charges of failing to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board.
She was accused of committing the offences between 4 December 2013 and 8 June 2017.