Court of Appeal affirms Zahid’s acquittal in VLN corruption case

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This comes as the prosecution informs the court that it will not pursue the appeal.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/12/court-of-appeal-affirms-zahids-acquittal-in-vln-corruption-case/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/12/12/mahkamah-rayuan-kekal-keputusan-zahid-bebas-kes-rasuah-vln/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ZahidHamidi #CourtofAppeal

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00:00We made two representations to the AG's chambers for the appeals to be withdrawn.

00:06And this morning, we are grateful to the AG's chambers, to the Honorable Attorney General

00:11for considering the representations on a positive basis and withdraw all the appeals.

00:17The Court of Appeal today upheld the High Court's acquittal of Ahmad Zahid Hamadi in

00:21his foreign visa system corruption case as the prosecution had withdrawn its appeal.

00:27Justice Ruzima Ghazali, who chaired a three-member bench, struck out the appeal.

00:31Zahid was charged with 33 counts of receiving bribes totaling 13.6 million Singapore dollars

00:37from Altra Kirana Sindiran Berhad between 2014 and 2018, while he was Home Minister

00:42and Deputy Prime Minister under the previous Barisan Nasional Administration.

00:47He was also charged with seven other counts of obtaining for himself the sums of 1.15

00:52million Singapore dollars, 3 million ringgit, 15,000 Swiss francs, and 15,000 US dollars

00:58from the same company in connection with his official duties.

01:02On September 23, 2022, Justice Yazid Mustafa, then a High Court judge, acquitted Zahid of

01:07all 40 charges after ruling that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case

01:13against him.

01:14Dhanushar Jhareza, FMT News.

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