News about Ahmad Zahid

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pictured) had in 2015 asked Singaporean businessman Wong Sang Woo @ Wong Shuh Chain for a RM10 million donation, which was proposed to be channelled to Zahid’s charity arm Akalbudi Foundation, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigating officer Christ Sheldon Anak Merun told the High Court here today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): Yayasan Albukhary, the foundation founded by tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhthar Albukhary, had donated RM5 million to Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s (pictured) charity foundation using a cheque, the High Court heard today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigator yesterday told the High Court that RM7.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): The High Court here was informed today that former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pictured) had lodged a police report over a viral message stating that Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) discussed its intention of slapping him with more criminal charges in a Supreme Council meeting.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigations into former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s (pictured) charity organisation Yayasan Akalbudi did not reveal documentation which suggested that the foundation had purchased two bungalows in Kajang in 2017, according to a witness at the politician’s graft trial yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 5): A Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer disagreed with lawyers’ assertions that former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pictured) had received donations, instead of bribes, in cheques amounting to RM13.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s (pictured) lawyer raised an objection in the High Court today against a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer’s testimony about a Government contract allegedly promised by the former Deputy Prime Minister.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering trial has been postponed as he came in close contact with fellow Supreme Council member Datuk Johan Abdul Aziz, who is now confirmed positive for Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): The court trials involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, previously scheduled to continue this week, have all been postponed due to the reinstatement of the government-imposed movement control order (MCO) in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 29): Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s (pictured) former executive secretary admitted in court yesterday that there were instances where she was negligent in using cheques from his charitable organisation Yayasan Akalbudi to pay for his personal credit card bills.