Law firm given 92 cheques by Ahmad Zahid, High Court told


KUALA LUMPUR: Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) had given 92 cheques, totalling RM76,967,355.41, within two years to a law firm for the funds to be kept in Yayasan Al-Falah’s account to be used for religious and charitable purposes, the High Court was told.

B. Muralidharan, 62, a partner at Messrs Lewis & Co, told the court that all the cheques were banked into the clients’ account of the legal firm.

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