Rosmah Mansor, Malaysia’s former first lady, charged with corruption over solar energy deal

The wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak was hit on Wednesday with a new corruption charge over a solar energy contract.Rosmah Mansor pleaded not guilty to accepting a 5 million ringgit (US$1.22 million) bribe through her aide from a manager at Jepak Holdings as a kickback for helping secure a contract from the Education Ministry. She has also been charged with laundering illegal proceeds and tax evasion in a massive corruption scandal that led to Najib’s electoral loss last May…