KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi withdrew RM9,302,823.66 from Yayasan Akalbudi, the charity-based foundation which the former deputy prime minister owns, after the 14th General Election (GE14).
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer, Khairudin Kilau, 44, said based on his investigations, the money was taken out on May 28, 2018 and transferred to the Yayasan Al-Falah account owned by his younger brother Datuk Seri Mohamad Nasaee Ahmad Tarmizi.
"The transfer is within the powers of the accused (Ahmad Zahid) as he is the sole signatory in Yayasan Akalbudi," he said under examination in chief conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Keng Fatt.
The 99th prosecution witness was testifying on the 52nd day of the trial against Ahmad Zahid, who faces charges of corruption, criminal breach of trust and money laundering, involving millions of ringgit from Yayasan Akalbudi.
Asked by Lee why the money was transferred, Khairudin replied: "I am not too sure about that. The minutes of the meeting and resolution on the money transfer could not be found.
On transactions involving the Yayasan Akalbudi account from Dec 12, 2012 to May 31, 2018, Khairudin said based on Yayasan Akalbudi's Affin Bank Berhad's account statement, it involved about RM100 million.
"The owners of the company, Jasni Majid and Sabri Said, confirmed that TS Consultancy was established in 2015 for a voter registration programme with the cooperation of UMNO, and when it was formed it received funds from UMNO," he said.
On Yayasan Akalbudi's establishment, the witness said the foundation's office had never operated from the addressed registered with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM), which was 69E-4, Jalan Raja Abdullah here.
"We could not obtain Yayasan Akalbudi's annual report, audit report and meeting minutes because there was no office operating at the address registered with SSM," he said, adding that the foundation had never submitted the documents to SSM as well.
Asked whether he had enquired about the documents with foundation secretary Mahinder Kaur Teja Singh Khairudin replied that Mahinder had told him that she was never in possession of the documents simply because the foundation had never held meetings or had audit reports done.
Khairudin is the 10th MACC investigation officer called to testify by the prosecution.
Ahmad Zahid, 68, faces 47 charges, 12 of them for criminal breach of trust (CBT), eight for corruption and 27 for money laundering involving tens of millions of ringgit of funds from Yayasan Akalbudi.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Thu Mar 18 2021
Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi withdrew RM9,302,823.66 from Yayasan Akalbudi, the charity-based foundation which the former deputy prime minister owns, after the 14th General Election (GE14). BERNAMA pic
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