I ‘accept’ my charity work being classified as corruption, says Zahid

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 9 Oct 2018 8:10PM · 5 Comments

Umno president Zahid Hamidi is due to be interviewed by the MACC tomorrow. He had been earlier questioned in July following allegations of missing funds from a foundation run by his family. – The Malaysian Insight pic, October 9, 2018.

AHMAD Zahid Hamidi said he “accepts” that his charity work for a tahfiz school has been classified as graft and money laundering by the authorities.

The Umno president said this in a statement posted on Facebook by Zapa Abdul Rahim last night and later shared by Umno supreme council member Lokman Noor Adam.

The Bagan Datoh MP and former deputy prime minister is due to give his statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission tomorrow at 10am.

The commission has not said why it wants to interview Zahid.

However, according to the statement on Facebook, Zahid is wanted for questioning over allegations of misappropriating funds belonging to a foundation.

“I was only doing charity work to build a tahfiz school for students from all over the country, who have memorised the Quran’s 30 chapters, so that they can sit for the SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) exam and obtain the al-Hafiz certificate and diplomas for Quranic studies. That will allow them to further their studies at local or foreign universities.

“The investigation will be over allegations of corruption and money laundering of accumulated donations and my personal savings.

“All the funds are in an account managed by a law firm as a trust fund. I accept that my good deeds have been classified as receiving bribes and money laundering,” he said, striking a sarcastic tone, in the post.

This is not the first time that Zahid has had an appointment with MACC since the Barisan Nasional coalition lost control of the federal government in May.

In July, he was questioned over a period of two days by the MACC investigating allegations of embezzlement at a foundation run by his family.

He allegedly used RM800,000 of Akal Budi Foundation funds to pay off credit card bills racked up by him and his wife. – October 9, 2018.

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  • Totally abusing the charity work to have self enrichment agenda.One of the most corrupted person.

    Posted 5 years ago by Will Be Humble · Reply

  • Say what you want.... let the investigations reveal the true situation.. if you are innocent, you are innocent, if you a guilty, go straight to jail, my friend.
    No need to preempt your situation by saying that all you are doing is charity work. Trying to influence the grassroots of your so-called innocence is not going to help..

    Posted 5 years ago by Thiruchelvam Thirunavukarasu · Reply

  • This Ponorogo prostitute is trying hide behind Islam and justify stealing.

    Posted 5 years ago by Besaman Mucho · Reply

  • Nonsense....there is no smoke without fire...MACC are NOT fools....mr ''one donor, many donors, representative'' is in trouble...and don't pretend to be a saint...you are not.

    Posted 5 years ago by Lipdah Lia · Reply

  • RM800,000 is 100x of RM8,000. What a big mistake. How many cheques made out and over how many months or years? MACC cannot be so careless not to see what's "behind" those payments. Is MACC going to look into the alleged hundreds of millions in his bank account too?

    Posted 5 years ago by Concerned Citizen · Reply