Rosmah’s trial postponed after lawyer tests positive for Covid-19
The defence had been scheduled to present its objection to Gopal Sri Ram arguing for himself in Rosmah's application to disqualify him as lead prosecutor.
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Rosmah Mansor’s hearing for her money laundering and tax evasion charges scheduled today at the High Court has been postponed to March 2 after one of her lawyers tested positive for Covid-19.
Lawyer Geethan Ram Vincent, when contacted, said the defence team had sent an email to deputy registrar Catherine Nicholas to inform the court of the matter.
He said after the defence team left the court yesterday, one of the lawyers received a pathology report confirming that he had tested positive for Covid-19.
“Hence, we applied for today’s proceedings to be postponed as everyone who was in court yesterday was categorised as close contacts of the lawyer,” he said.
Deputy public prosecutor Poh Yih Tinn confirmed the matter and said the new date for the hearing was March 2.
Today had been fixed for the defence’s objection against senior deputy public prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram’s attempt to argue for himself in Rosmah’s application to disqualify him as the lead prosecutor in the trial.
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