Kuala Lumpur: Ever wondered why the High Court on Monday granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) to release Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi from all 47 charges in his Yayasan Akalbudi trial, instead of acquitting him?
Here's what legal experts have told Malay Mail on how the law works in Malaysia: After the attorney general (AG) exercises his discretion under the Federal Constitution's Article 145 and the Criminal Procedure Code's (CPC) Section 254 to discontinue an ongoing trial, the courts would then have only the option of either ordering a DNAA or an acquittal.
SEPTEMBER 7 The what is controversial enough but the longer-term question of who made it happen, is going to be perennially speculated. Deputy Prime Minister Zahid Hamidi.
A Malaysian court on Monday granted a request from prosecutors to drop all corruption charges against the country's Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, his lawyer said. Ahmad Zahid was one of many high-ranking officials, including ex-premier Najib Razak, charged with corruption in 2018 when the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party was voted out from power due to widespread anger over graft. He was appointed to the second-highest office in the country, after UMNO joined forces with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's coalition to form a government following a divisive election in November.
Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has had corruption charges dating from 2018 dropped after a request from prosecutors, his lawyer says.