KUALA LUMPUR: Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak, was convicted of soliciting and receiving bribes during her husband's corruption-tainted administration on Thursday, a week after the ex-premier was imprisoned over the massive looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) state fund.

Rosmah was found guilty on three charges of soliciting bribes and receiving 6.5 million ringgit ($1.5 million) in 2016 and 2017 to help a company secure a project to provide solar energy panels to schools on Borneo island. She is expected to remain out on bail for her appeal to higher courts.