Hearing of Rosmah's bid to recuse judge postponed to Feb 3

The hearing of Rosmah Mansor’s application to recuse High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan from presiding over her money laundering and tax evasion trial has been postponed to Feb 3 after her lead counsel, Geethan Ram Vincent, confirmed positive for Covid-19.

Judge Zaini set the new date after Rosmah’s (above) lawyer Azrul Zulkifli Stork informed the court that Geethan had tested positive for Covid-19 on Jan 17 and was ordered to undergo self-quarantine for 10 days until Jan 26.

According to Azrul, the wife...