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Rosmah ordered to pay jeweller US$14.6m, will IRD close an eye on her tax returns?
KUALA LUMPUR, June 10, 2026: Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia’s No. 1 pencuri (thief) or kleptocrat, was today ordered by the High Court to pay US$14.6 million (RM29 million) to Lebanese jeweller Global Royalty Trading SAL.
Her husband, the disgraced and shameless former prime minister and Umno president Najib “1MDB” Razak, is now serving his jail sentence in Kajang Prison for multiple money laundering and abuse of power.
It will be interesting to watch closely whether Rosmah would ultimately cough out millions of Ringgit or be made a bankrupt.
If she does settle the court order, it will also be interesting to watch whether Malaysia’s Inland Revenue Board (IRD) will just close an eye and see no evil in tax returns!
No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on the court proceedings:
Court orders Rosmah to pay US$14.6mil to Lebanese jeweller
The High Court allows Global Royalty Trading SAL's suit against her, seeking the return of all 43 jewellery items or payment of their estimated value.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court dismissed Rosmah Mansor’s claim for indemnity against the police, whom she brought in as third parties to the suit. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has ordered Rosmah Mansor to pay US$14.6 million to the Lebanese company that provided her with 43 pieces of jewellery for “inspection” in 2018.
Justice Quay Chew Soon allowed the suit filed by Global Royalty Trading SAL against Rosmah, which sought the return of all 43 jewellery items or payment of their estimated value of US$14.6 million.
He ordered for the sum to be paid within a month from today.
As for the police, whom Rosmah brought in as third parties, Quay dismissed her claim for indemnity against them.
In his ruling, Quay said Rosmah never denied that the 43 jewellery items had been sent to her for viewing and that she subsequently failed to return them to Global Royalty.
“Once delivery, possession, and non-return are established, it is incumbent for the defendant (Rosmah) to justify why she did not return them,” he said.
The judge also found Rosmah’s defence to the case inconsistent with the position she took when the government applied to forfeit jewellery and other luxury items seized from condominium unit No 45 at Pavilion Residences in 2018.
“In the earlier proceeding, she said that the 43 pieces of jewellery did not belong to her and relied on the consignment note.
“However, in this proceeding, she disputed the veracity of the same consignment note. Her challenge is a red herring,” said Quay.
The court also noted that Rosmah failed to call key witnesses involved in handling and moving the jewellery and other items from Seri Perdana to Unit 45.
“The defendant attempted to rely on unnamed security, bodyguards, staff, and butler to explain how the jewellery was packed, how the bags were locked and subsequently transported to Unit 45.
“Such omission erodes the defendant’s case and attracts an adverse inference,” Quay said.
Where are the missing jewellery pieces?
During the trial, the court heard that the government was in possession of one item of jewellery in 2022.
Quay said no evidence was tendered before the court to show that the remaining pieces of jewellery were also seized by police.
“The defendant’s allegation that the jewellery was seized by police is a defence raised to answer her failure to return them.
“However, the facts concerning the movement and handling of the jewellery are matters within her knowledge, and she cannot discharge her burden merely by pointing to the police’s raid and inviting this court to assume that the 43 pieces had been seized,” he said.
Quay said Rosmah, under cross-examination, claimed she did not know that Unit 45 was under renovation or who had entered it between May 9 and 17, 2018, prior to the raid.
“The evidence indicates that multiple individuals had access to and entered Unit 45 during that one-week period,” he added.
Lawyer David Gurupatham appeared for Global Royalty while Rajivan Nambiar represented Rosmah. Senior federal counsel Liew Horng Bin appeared for the police.
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