KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — The High Court here today allowed Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s passport to be returned temporarily for him to apply for his diplomatic passport to enable him to carry out his official duties.
However, Judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah rejected the deputy prime minister’s application to have his passport returned permanently to him, to enable him to perform his duties.
“This is a request by the prosecution to which I agree that the accused (Ahmad Zahid) is entitled to have his passport returned to him upon application for the purposes of applying for a diplomatic passport, after which the passport ought to be returned to the court.
“The application of the applicant to have his passport released permanently is dismissed,” said the judge.
On Jan 26, Ahmad Zahid filed an application to have his passport returned permanently to him, to enable him to carry out his official duties as deputy prime minister.
The passport was previously surrendered to the court as an additional bail condition after he was charged with 47 charges of corruption, criminal breach of trust and money laundering involving Yayasan Akalbudi funds, of which the proceedings are now at the defence stage.
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