Zahid now facing highest number of charges


KUALA LUMPUR: Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who claimed trial to seven new charges of corruption involving S$4.24mil (about RM12.92mil), is now facing the most corruption charges as the party leader.

The latest charges, which he pleaded not guilty to yesterday at the Sessions Court, made his total charges going up to 54, surpassing his former boss Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

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