Zahid to find out on Monday (Jan 24) if he needs to enter his defence in Yayasan Akalbudi trial

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KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will find out next Monday (Jan 24) whether he has to enter his defence on 47 corruption charges involving millions of ringgit from his charity foundation Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB).

High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah is set to deliver his decision in the case on Monday morning.

The prosecution team is led by Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Raja Rozela Raja Toran while Ahmad Zahid's defence team is led by lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik.The hearing for submissions began on Sept 6, 2021 and lasted 24 days. Under Section 30 , it was stated that any person who disclosed any information to the MACC should not be prosecuted unless he makes a false or misleading statement.

The prosecution also submitted that in most corruption cases involving politicians, the giver of the money would rarely admit that the money given was a bribe.

 

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