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A Malaysian court on Monday dismissed 47 corruption charges against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi after prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the charges at an advanced stage of his trial.
Hisyam is representing another client, who is also Najib's UMNO colleague Zahid Hamidi, in a different trial taking place at the same time, so he is unable to be in two places at once. The five-judge panel hearing the Najib appeal has denied Hisyam's request to postpone the appeal, so it will go ahead as scheduled on Tuesday (Aug 23).
Zahid Hamidi's United Malays National Organization (UMNO) is a key component of Anwar's unity government, and the prosecutor's' decision to drop the charges caused concerns on the government's position on corruption cases. Specifically those involving other UMNO leaders, such as former Prime Minister Najib Razak. [225]
Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi was born on 4 January 1953 in Bagan Datuk, Perak, [2] [3] the eldest son of nine children (seven sons and two daughters) in the family. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On 1 October 2011, his mother, Tuminah Abdul Jalil, died of a stroke and heart complication in her hometown Sungai Nipah Darat, Bagan Datoh .
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Leader of the Opposition. The Shadow Cabinet of Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was established on 26 September 2018. [1] [2] The purpose of this Shadow Cabinet is to provide a check and balance role for Mahathir Mohamad's Pakatan Harapan coalition, [3] which formed a government (with the confidence and supply of WARISAN and UPKO) on 10 May 2018.
Zahid Hamid (Urdu: زاہد حامد; born 24 October 1947) is a Pakistani politician, and lawyer. A member of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) , Hamid previously served as the Minister for Law and Justice and Minister of Climate Change in the Third Sharif ministry [ 1 ] [ 3 ] between 2015 and 2017.
The podcast often criticizes and condemns the current state of UMNO which is led by its president, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Both KJ and Shahril is known to share contradictory opinions with Zahid, where KJ had competed against and lost to Zahid for the presidential post back in the 2018 United Malays National Organisation leadership election .
He had claimed trial to both counts of corruption and was released on bail of RM330,000 with additional conditions. [36] He claimed that the allegations were brought against him because he refused to back the Perikatan Nasional administration. [37] In August 2021, Syed Saddiq was charged again with two corruption charges of money laundering.