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- A + A KUALA LUMPUR (May 25): Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi denied that a payment of RM13 million made to him was for a bribe for MYEG projects. The person who paid was textile wholesaler Junaith Asharab Md Shariff who, through his company Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services, in 2016 and 2017 had paid RM8 million in 13 cheques to the accounts of Lewis and Co who were acting as trustees for Zahid. Junaith, through his company Berani & Jujur Trading, had also given Zahid RM5 million in 10 cheques to Lewis and Co. These transactions make up two out of Zahid’s 47 charges whereby he is accused of receiving a grand total of RM21.25 million in cheques as an inducement by entities for his assistance in awarding contracts in his role as then Home Minister. Zahid on Wednesday said that the money from Junaith was for the construction of mosques and tahfiz schools in his Parliamentary constituency of Bagan Datuk. He then denied ever giving out government … [Read more...] about Zahid: ‘I did not receive RM13 million bribes for MYEG contracts as MYEG was not under my Ministry’

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told the High Court on Wednesday (May 25) that a RM13 million contribution given by a businessman to Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB) was not a bribe but was for building a mosque and tahfiz school in Bagan Datuk, Perak. Ahmad Zahid, 69, said he had never promised any MyEG projects to the businessman, textile wholesaler Junaith Asharab Md Shariff, as an inducement for the contribution because MyEG did not come under the Home Ministry but was under the Finance Ministry. The former deputy prime minister said the contribution, made in 23 cheques from Mastoro Kenny IT Consultant & Services, was deposited into the client account of Lewis & Co, a fact which was confirmed by Junaith Asharab when he testified as the 36th prosecution witness. "The prosecution never submitted any evidence in court to show there was any proposal or proof suggesting I promised these projects to Junaith Asharab. "In fact, Junaith Asharab’s testimony itself … [Read more...] about RM13mil contribution for mosque, tahfiz school not bribe, says Zahid

KUALA LUMPUR: Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told the High Court here Wednesday (May 25) that the monthly balances in his personal bank account were sufficient to settle his credit card bills without requiring him to use funds from Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB). Ahmad Zahid, 69, said it was his former executive secretary Major Mazlina Mazlan @ Ramly who negligently used cheques from the foundation to pay for his personal credit card expenditures. "The balance in my personal bank account every month was more than sufficient to pay for my personal credit cards,” he said. He said this in reply to a question from his lawyer Hamidi Mohd Noh when making his defence on 47 charges - 12 on criminal breach of trust, eight on corruption and 27 on money laundering - involving millions of ringgit belonging to YAB. When asked by Hamidi why Mazlina had used YAB cheques to settle the credit card bills, Ahmad Zahid said Mazlina was careless and had made a mistake … [Read more...] about Enough personal money to settle credit card bills, no need to use foundation’s funds, says Ahmad Zahid