Rosmah trial: Mahdzir denies appointing lawyer to broker deal with MACC


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid (pic) rejected the defence's allegation that he appointed a lawyer to broker a deal with the prosecution to escape corruption charges during Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's corruption trial at the High Court on Thursday (Feb 13).

The former education minister told the court that he instead engaged the services of a lawyer in relation to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) investigation of him in 2018.

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