KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The luxury-loving wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister was Thursday charged with money laundering and tax evasion linked to a multi-billion-dollar scandal that helped bring down the country’s previous government. Rosmah Mansor, the 66-year-old wife of former prime minister Najib Razak, pleaded not guilty to 17 charges that could see her spend the rest of her life in prison. Her husband is also out on bail on more than two dozen charges linked to the alleged plunder of state funds during his nine years in power. “There is no idea of revenge and anything like that… If you steal money, you will be charged in court,” the official Bernama news agency quoted him as saying. In the charge sheets, prosecutors accused Rosmah of having “engaged directly in a transaction that involves proceeds of unlawful activity” in violation of laws against money laundering.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 04, 2018 08:03 UTC