In corruption trial, Zahid fends off insinuation he was ‘trigger happy’ to receive bribes

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 — Former home minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today sought to fend off insinuations that he was “trigger happy” in accepting bribes.

Ahmad Zahid had throughout the trial asserted that Lewis & Co was holding money in the client account on trust for Yayasan Akalbudi, a charitable foundation where he is a trustee and its sole signatory for cheques. “Yang Arif, this ‘gembira’ is as if I’m trigger happy to receive bribe money. Although it was not mentioned directly, I understand the implied meaning.

At this point, High Court judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah noted that this would be just a repetition of what Ahmad Zahid already said in court previously.Ahmad Zahid then replied: “He himself never asked for any help to do business, never.” Asked by the judge if it was “absolutely necessary to call” the 40 additional witnesses, Hamidi replied: “Yes, these witnesses are short witnesses, they can go relatively quite fast.”

The judge said the current hearing dates can be maintained for now, and that additional hearing dates could be added on later if required.The other trial dates that had been scheduled previously are September 20 to September 22, September 26 to September 29, October 31, and November 7 to November 10.

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