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KUALA LUMPUR - Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor is sentenced to 10 years jail and fined RM970 million after she was found guilty of all three corruption charges related to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid energy project.
High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan ordered for the sentences to run concurrently from the date of the judgment.
For one count of soliciting and two counts of receiving bribes, he ordered Rosmah to serve 10 years for each count.
He ordered that all the sentences run concurrently.
This means that Rosmah will only serve a total of 10 years' jail.
She was also ordered to serve a total of 30 years jail if she failed to pay the fine.
The court however allowed her application for a stay of execution pending appeal at the Court of Appeal.
Rosmah faced one charge of soliciting RM187.5 million and two counts of receiving bribes totalling RM6.5 million from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd former managing director Saidi Abang Samsuddin.
She allegedly received the bribes through her former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor, as a reward for helping Jepak Holdings to secure the Hybrid Photovoltaic Solar System Integrated Project as well as the maintenance and operation of diesel generator sets for 369 rural schools in Sarawak worth RM1.25 billion from the Education Ministry through direct negotiation.
The offences were allegedly committed between January 2016 and September 2017.
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