KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today discharged not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi from all 47 charges of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering in relation to Yayasan Akalbudi funds.
Justice Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah made the ruling after allowing Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar’s application to DNAA Ahmad Zahid after the prosecution decided to halt the case as they wanted to investigate the case more in depth.
“This court makes an order of a discharge not amounting to an acquittal. Before I adjourned, I wish to place on record that although the powers of the Attorney General, under Article 145 (3) of the Federal Constitution and Section 254 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) to institute and withdraw charges at any time, before judgment is passed is unquestioned.
“Should the prosecution decide in the near future that they will not proceed any further with the charges, that much precious judicial time would have been wasted and a great amount of tax payers money will also have been wasted, with that this court stands adjourned,” the judge said.
More to come. – Bernama
