Major Mazlina Mazlan @ Ramly, 42, who is the main prosecution witness, said it was her mistake in having made payments that exceeded the amount required for the credit cards using the foundation’s cheques.
She said this when cross-examined by Zahid’s lawyer, Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Zainal, on the 40th day trial of the Umno president who is facing charges for corruption, abuse of power and money laundering involving millions of ringgit from Yayasan Akalbudi’s funds.Referring to a credit card statement, dated Dec 28,2013, with current balance of RM65,153.32, but Puan Mazlina paid more, which was RM71,283.17 in two cheques for RM63,701.52 and RM7,581.65, respectively.
She told the court that she was not aware that Yayasan Akalbudi had never made any “special resolution” or given a stamp specimen to Affin Bank for use on behalf of the foundation.On Tuesday , Mazlina told the court that Zahid gave her permission to use the stamp with his signature on Yayasan Akalbudi’s cheques for payments of his credit cards in 2014.
Zahid, 67, is facing 47 charges, with 12 of them involving criminal breach of trust, eight for corruption and 27 for money laundering involving tens of millions of ringgit in funds belonging to Yayasan Akalbudi. The prosecution is led by Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Raja Rozela Raja Toran, while the defence team is led by lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik.