Rosmah Mansor is set to file by July 4 her statement of defence against 1MDB’s US$346 million (RM1.63 billion) lawsuit against her for allegedly receiving jewellery and other luxury goods bought with embezzled funds from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund.

Her counsel Mohamed Baharudeen Mohamed Ariff said these are among the directions by the Kuala Lumpur High Court during this morning’s case management of the civil action.