Zahid confirms called by MACC on a family foundation

The new president of Umno says that the foundation is run by his family to ensure the well-being of the community

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the new president of Umno (third from the right) with Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, Ismail Sabri Yaakop, Mohamad Hasan, Mahdzir Khalid and Ashraf Wajdi Dusuki

KUALA LUMPUR: The new president of Umno, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, confirmed that he will meet tomorrow with Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers on a family-run foundation.

"I was asked to clarify several issues as highlighted by the media."

"It's on a foundation run by my family to make community welfare, it's run according to sharia law," PWTC said today.

This is his first press conference after winning the top position in the Malay-based party.

He said that the money in the base was donated by him and his friends. explain to MACC, "he said, but he declined to say what time he would meet MACC officers tomorrow.

Zahid was questioned about media reports that MACC officers were to receive statements from him about his alleged meeting with a royal family member of Saudi Arabia According to sources quoted by the Star, the former deputy prime minister would be asked to explain allegations that funds from the foundation would have been used to pay off credit cards owned by him and his ex-prime minister, who raised to RM 800 000.

Zahid is the president of the foundation.The records showed that the foundation had was registered in 1997 and its role was to receive and administer funds to eradicate poverty