SINGAPORE: Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi stays acquitted of 40 prices in a international visa bribery case after prosecutors withdrew their attraction in opposition to his acquittal by the High Court on Thursday (Dec 12). Shah Alam in September 2022.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Yusaini Amer Abdul Karim mentioned on Thursday morning that the Attorney General determined to not pursue the attraction after contemplating the trial decide’s causes for the judgment and two statements submitted on behalf of Zahid.
Zahid was charged with 33 counts of receiving bribes of S$13.56 million ($10.1 million) from an organization referred to as Ultra Kirana Sdn Bhd between 2014 and 2018. The cash was speculated to facilitate the award of a contract for the international visa system and distinctive providers. in China and lengthening the contract till 2025, Malaysian media reported.
He additionally confronted seven prices in his capability as then Home Minister for allegedly acquiring bribes in several currencies – S$1.15 million, RM3 million, €15,000 (RM67,032) and US$15,000 (RM67,548) ) – from Ultra Kirana.
Zahid served as inside minister from 2013 to 2018 and likewise served as deputy prime minister from 2015 to 2018 below then-prime minister Najib Razak.
He can be at present president of the United Malay National Organization, which is a part of present Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity authorities.
DPP Yusaini mentioned the prosecution had discovered no proof to recommend that Zahid, 71, used his place to instantly award the contracts in query.
Yusaini additionally highlighted the findings of the trial decide, who discovered that investigators didn’t conduct an investigation into the cash acquired, or into numerous individuals who have been mentioned to have supplied funds from abroad, information portal Free Malaysia reported Today.
The three judges of the Court of Appeal confirmed the earlier acquittal.
Zahid thanked his authorized workforce outdoors court docket and posted “Alhamdulillah,” or “all due to Allah,” on Facebook.
