It also wrote “Zahid had faced 47 charges involving multiple counts of criminal breach of trust, corruption, and money laundering related to the misuse of $27m of funds at Yayasan Akalbudi, a charity he established to eradicate poverty.”
And yesterday, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) dropped another bombshell by announcing to the whole world that no further action (NFA) will be taken in relation to a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) granted to Zahid, even though the prosecution managed to prove a prima facie case against him for the aforesaid 47 criminal charges against him.
And now Zahid’s lead defence counsel, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, has also indicated that his client would file an application in the Court of Appeal to convert the DNAA into a discharge amounting to an acquittal (DAA).
While this writer has no slightest intention of disputing, let alone challenging, the constitutional power conferred on the attorney-general (AG) cum public prosecutor under Article 145 (3) of the Federal Constitution, the AG’s decision in firmly transforming the DNAA into an NFA is...