High Court to rule on Rosmah Mansor’s bid to delay RM67.5 million payment to jeweller

The High Court set August 12, 2026, to decide on Rosmah Mansor’s application to stay payment of RM67.5 million to Lebanese jeweller Global Royalty Trading SAL ^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}. Rosmah was ordered on June 10 to pay for 43 missing pieces of jewellery valued at RM67.5 million (US$14.57 million), consigned to her by Global Royalty Trading SAL in 2018 ^{[1, 2, 4]}. Only one piece of the 44 consigned items was recovered and returned to the jeweller after police raids post-2018 general election ^[1].

The June 10 judgment found Rosmah negligent for failing to return the jewellery and rejected her claims against the Inspector-General of Police and government, who she said seized the items during raids ^[2]. Rosmah’s legal team argues that the police or government should be responsible for the loss, as Rosmah contends the jewellery was confiscated then lost by authorities ^{[1, 2]}.

Rosmah appealed the ruling and applied for a stay of execution, claiming her bank balance is only about RM100,000 and her assets are frozen in a separate 1MDB-related injunction ^{[1, 3, 4]}. Her lawyer, Reza Rahim, told the court there are “simply no mechanisms present” to verify Global Royalty’s financial strength, as it is based in Beirut, Lebanon. He questioned how the plaintiff could repay RM67 million if the appeal succeeds, noting the lack of evidence or undertakings by Global Royalty ^[4].

Global Royalty denies any insolvency or risk of dissipating the judgment sum. Its counsel Venothani Rajagopal told the court there is no evidence the jeweller is unable or unwilling to comply with restitution if Rosmah wins on appeal, adding “foreign incorporation is not evidence of risk and speculation is not a special circumstance” ^[3].

Earlier, Judicial Commissioner Marianne Antoinette Ghani dismissed Rosmah’s interim stay application on July 20 ^[1]. A hearing on her current stay request was held August 5, featuring arguments over Rosmah’s limited funds and Global Royalty’s financial verification challenges ^{[1, 3, 4]}.

The High Court will issue its ruling on August 12, determining whether the RM67.5 million payment to Global Royalty Trading SAL may be postponed pending Rosmah’s appeal process ^{[1, 2, 4]}.