Suit against Rosmah to return 44 jewellery pieces to be heard Oct 21-24

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today set four days from Oct 21 to hear a suit by Global Royalty Trading SAL against the former prime minister’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to return 44 pieces of jewellery worth US$14.79 million (RM60 million).

She either has to return the jewellery or pay for all the items.

Lawyer Datuk David Gurupatham, acting on behalf of the Lebanese jewellery firm, told the media that the court also fixed Sept 17 for case management o all interlocutory applications filed by Global Royalty as the plaintiff and Rosmah as the defendant.

The case was mentioned in chambers before judge Wong Chee Lin.

Last Feb 14, the High Court ordered Rosmah to check and confirm in seven days the existence of the 44 pieces of jewellery that were in her possession before the seizure by police.

In its suit, Global Royalty claimed that on Feb 10, 2018, it sent 44 pieces of jewellery including diamond necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets and tiaras, each worth US$124,000 (RM519,183) to US$925,000 (RM3.8 million) to the defendant through hand-carry courier via its two agents.

The company said during delivery, Rosmah confirmed and accepted the terms and conditions in Memorandum No. 926 relating to the jewellery.

It also claimed that Rosmah, in a letter dated May 22, 2018, also confirmed and acknowledged receiving the jewellery but said all the jewellery were no longer in her possession, and that they had been confiscated and were being kept by the Malaysian authorities.

Global Royalty is seeking a declaration that the firm is the owner of the 44 pieces of jewellery, apart from an order that ownership of the jewellery was not transferred to the defendant.

It is also seeking a mandatory order for Rosmah to provide a list of the jewellery seized, for them to be returned, or for Rosmah to pay for the jewellery at US$14.79 million. - Bernama

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