Zahid pleads not guilty to another amended charge


Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi leaving High Court in Kuala Lumpur.

SHAH ALAM: Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi pleaded not guilty at the High Court here to another amended charge of corruption over the foreign visa system (VLN).

Justice Mohd Yazid Mustafa ordered the amended charge to be read out to Ahmad Zahid, 69, after allowing deputy public prosecutor Abdul Malik Ayob’s application to amend the third charge, which involved the change of currency from 15,000 in euro to 15,000 in Swiss franc.

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