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Wife of Malaysian ex-leader hit with 2 new graft charges

Wife of Malaysian ex-leader hit with 2 new graft charges | iNFOnews.ca
Former Minister of Federal Territories Adnan Mansor, center, arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Malaysia's anti-graft agency said in a statement that Adnan Mansor was detained Wednesday and jointly charged the following day with a businessman in another case linked to several land sales in Kuala Lumpur. (AP Photo/Yam G-Jun)

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The wife of Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has been charged with corruption related to a solar energy project in addition to earlier charges brought against her last month. A former minister and a former aide to Najib were also charged with graft.

Rosmah Mansor pleaded not guilty Thursday to allegedly soliciting 187.5 million ringgit ($44.8 million) from Jepak Holdings in 2016 for her help in securing a 1.25 billion ($299 million) solar energy project involving rural schools in eastern Sarawak state. She also denied any wrongdoing in allegedly receiving 1.5 million ringgit ($358,400) in 2017 from a Jepak official over the project.

Rosmah already faces multiple charges of money laundering in a multibillion-dollar graft scandal that led to her husband’s shocking electoral loss in May.

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