{"id":16110,"date":"2023-01-16T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T06:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16110"},"modified":"2023-01-16T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T06:12:56","slug":"ahmad-zahid-hamidis-yayasan-akalbudi-trial-rescheduled-to-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16110","title":{"rendered":"Ahmad Zahid Hamidi&#8217;s Yayasan Akalbudi trial rescheduled to April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16<\/strong> &#8212;\u00a0Deputy Prime Minister\u00a0Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi\u2019s defence trial for\u00a0criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering involving\u00a0Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB) funds has been rescheduled to resume on April 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High Court Judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah fixed the hearing for 27 days at case mention today which was attended by deputy public prosecutor Datuk Raja Rozela Raja Toran and Ahmad Zahid\u2019s lawyer&nbsp;Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court fixed the hearing for April 10-13, May 15-18, June 12-15,&nbsp;July 24-27, and Aug&nbsp;1-3, 7-10 and&nbsp;21-24.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-2.10.09-PM-1024x542.png\" alt=\"ahmad zahid\" class=\"wp-image-16111\" width=\"547\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-2.10.09-PM-1024x542.png 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-2.10.09-PM-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-2.10.09-PM-768x407.png 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-2.10.09-PM-189x100.png 189w, 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himself, to testify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahmad Zahid, who is also Rural and Regional Development Minister, is facing 47 charges, namely 12 on&nbsp;criminal breach of trust, eight on&nbsp;corruption and 27 on&nbsp;money laundering involving tens of millions of ringgit belonging to YAB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a> as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=2156571\">Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 &#8212;\u00a0Deputy Prime Minister\u00a0Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi\u2019s defence trial 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