Former Malaysian Deputy PM accused with new charge
Malaysia’s former Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was hit with another charge at the Sessions Court on February 20 for criminal breach of trust, The Star newspaper reported.
Malaysia's former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi previously faced a total of 46 charges. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. (Source: NSTP)
Hanoi (VNA) – Malaysia’s former Deputy Prime Mi𒊎nister AhmadZahid Hamidi was hit with another charge at the Sessions Court on February 20for criminal breach of trust, The Star newspaper﷽ reported.
Theformer deputy PM was accused of using 260,000 MYR (nearly 64,000 USD) of hisfamily’s Yayasan Akal Budi foundation funds to make a payment to TS Consultancyand Resources on December 23, 2016. AhmadZahid, who is chairman of the foundation, was charged with committing criminalbreach of trust under Section 409 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum of20 years in jail, whipping and a fine, if convicted. He pleaded not guilty tothe charge. AhmadZahid had previously faced a total of46 charges,including 11 counts of criminal breach of trust, eight corruption charges,and27 money-laundering charges. He pleaded not guilty to all 46 charges. Theinvestigations on Ahmad Zahid are over allegations of his misappropriation offunds belonging to Yayasan Akal Budi, which was set up in 1997 with the purposeof reducing poverty. Meanwhile,he is said to have also used 800,000 MYR of the foundation’s money to settle hiscredit card bills.–VNA
The Kuala Lumpur Court charged former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi with 45 counts under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
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Malaysia's former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi previously faced a total of 46 charges. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. (Source: NSTP) 
