Rosmah shouldn't be charged under Amla, Income Tax Act: Lawyer

Rosmah Mansor should have never been hit with charges under the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Amla) and Income Tax Act, her lawyer contended.

Counsel Firoz Hussein Jamaluddin submitted before the Kuala Lumpur High Court for today’s hearing of her application to strike out 12 money laundering charges and five tax evasion charges involving over RM7 million.

The counsel for the wife of incarcerated former premier Najib Abdul Razak explained that...