SHAH ALAM: A company director lobbied for the approval and continued support of Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Datuk Seri Najib Razak in an attempt to prevent competitors from managing the government’s Foreign Visa System (VLN) from 2013 onwards, the High Court has heard.
KUALA LUMPUR: Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told the High Court that Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB) spent some RM109mil on charity, refuting claims by the prosecution that the foundation did not fork out a single sen for the poor.
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will take the stand to give his side of the story in the alleged misappropriation of tens of millions of ringgit in a scandal involving Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB), the charity foundation he founded.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 The decision on whether Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will be acquitted or ordered to enter his defence on 47 criminal breach of trust (CBT), corruption and money laundering charges involving Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB) funds, will be known.
The trial of Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who is facing 40 corruption charges in connection with the Foreign Visa System (VLN) scheduled for Thursday and Friday has been vacated as the former deputy prime minister was unwell