(Editor's note: Inserted four paragraphs on Datasonic's denial that it paid Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.)

An IT services company - Datasonic Group Bhd (DGB) - linked to the corruption trial of former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, has secured a contract extension for its subsidiary worth RM31.39 million from the Home Ministry for the supply of Malaysian passport chips.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, DGB said its subsidiary Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd’s (DTSB) original contract was originally worth RM318.75 million.