'263 branded handbags were gifts for Rosmah and daughter'

The 263 branded handbags seized in the 1MDB case were ‘gifts’ to Rosmah Mansor and her daughter, the Kuala Lumpur High Court heard today.

The duo's lawyer Iskandar Shah Ibrahim submitted this today during the hearing of the government’s suit to forfeit cash and assets including branded handbags, allegedly linked to troubled sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.