Zahid used personal credit cards to buy YAB donation items before reimbursement, court told


KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) had used his personal credit cards first to purchase donation items for a mosque, as part of Yayasan Akalbudi’s (YAB) charitable activities, the High Court here heard.

Datuk Rosiah Osman, 71, who was Ahmad Zahid's executive secretary at the time, said the purchases were then reimbursed from YAB funds.

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