Zahid seeks to have YAB charges dropped, trial postponed to Aug 1


KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has sent a representation to the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) to have his graft charges in the trial involving misappropriation of funds from Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB) dropped, the High Court was told.

His lawyer Hamidi Mohd Noh told this to Court of Appeal judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah, who is presiding at the High Court, citing "new facts and evidence" in the case.

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