Malaysia’s Former First Lady Rosmah Sentenced to 10 Years in Jail for Graft

Malaysia’s Former First Lady Rosmah Sentenced to 10 Years in Jail for Graft
Rosmah Mansor, wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, arrives at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex to attend a verdict hearing in a corruption case against her, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sept. 1, 2022. Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR—A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, to a decade in prison for seeking and receiving bribes in exchange for government contracts, just days after her husband was jailed for corruption.

The couple have been the focus of multiple graft investigations since Najib’s surprise election defeat in 2018, when voters’ anger over a separate, multi-billion dollar corruption scandal ended his nine years in power.