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PUTRAJAYA: UMNO President, Datuk Seri, Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is expected to face about 40 counts of corruption, for an estimated $ 90 million rupees.
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The NST has learned that, aside from accusations of abuse of funds by Yayasan Akal Budi, a foundation it had created to help the poor, the former Interior Minister would have to answer for his accusations of abuse of power when he would have held the ministerial portfolio.
According to sources close to Zahid's inner circle, among the reasons that Zahid had walked in and out of the commission several times, he was to facilitate investigations into bribes involving projects going back to his office. 39; era.
Zahid was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and spent last night at the commission headquarters.
The MACC, in a statement released yesterday, said that Zahid had been arrested as a result of an investigation into an abuse of power, breach of trust, as well as money laundering related to a non-profit organization. government.
The arrest was made after the Attorney General's Office gave permission to lay charges against Zahid.
"The arrest took place yesterday (yesterday) at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya at 15:15.
"Zahid will then face several charges under the 2009 MACC Act and the 2001 Anti Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Illicit Activities Act (AMLATFAPUAA).
Poutrajaya 18 OKTOBER 2018. Isteri Presiden UMNO Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, member of the National Commission for the Control of Childhood Safety and Development of the Corps didakwa esok berhubung salah guna kuasa, pecah amanah dan pengubahan wang haram melibatkan dana Yayasan Akal Budi dan akan dibawa ke Mahkama jam from Kuala Lumpur esok 8,00. NSTP / AHMAD IRHAM MOHD NOOR.
"Zahid will be driven tomorrow (today) to the Kuala Lumpur Court of Sessions at 8 am to be charged."
His wife, Datin Seri Hamidah Khamis, said that her husband had rejected the offer of his lawyers to have him released before he was charged, preferring to remain in jail.
"The lawyer offered to release him in the meantime, but he refused.
"So he will stay here until tomorrow (today)."
Hamidah explained that this was not his first detention experience.
"I'm fine." Previously, he had been detained for 10 days when he was head of the Umno Youth (under the current Homeland Security Act, now gone) ).
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Zahid arrived yesterday at the MACC headquarters at 3 pm to have her statement registered before her arrest.
He seemed to be in a good mood when he met 50 media members who had camped at the Commission's headquarters for 11 hours.
The MACC had convened five times to facilitate investigations, including allegations of misappropriation of funds for Yayasan Akal Budi, amounting to RM 800,000.
On July 2, Zahid was summoned for the first time to make a statement in which the charity's funds would have been used to pay his credit card bills and those of his wife.
A day later, he was again summoned to the MACC, where he was interrogated for seven hours.
Zahid had in the past asserted that he was not committing any wrongdoing with regard to the funds.
Zahid was summoned to the MACC office three days in a row, from 10 to 12 October, to make his statement on the same subject.
His daughter, Datuk Nurulhidayah, was also called; his brother, Datuk Seri Mohamad Nasaee Ahmad Tarmizi; and his son-in-law Datuk Saiful Nizam Mohd Yusoff.
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