Businessman’s RM13 million contribution to build mosque, tahfiz school, Zahid says


Former DPM Ahmad Zahid Hamidi tells the Kuala Lumpur High Court that a RM13 million contribution given by a businessman to Yayasan Akalbudi was not a bribe, but to build a mosque and tahfiz school in Bagan Datuk, Perak. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 25, 2022.

AHMAD Zahid Hamidi told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today that a RM13 million contribution given by a businessman to Yayasan Akalbudi was not a bribe, but to build a mosque and tahfiz school in Bagan Datuk, Perak.

Zahid, 69, said he had never promised any MyEG projects to the businessman, textile wholesaler Junaith Asharab Md Shariff, as an inducement for the contribution because MyEG did not come under the Home Ministry but was under the Finance Ministry.


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