KUALA LUMPUR: United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi claimed on Mon (Aug 29) of the fact that corruption charges towards Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians after the fourteenth general election ended up politically motivated.
He said this in the Elevated Court during re-examination by his law firm in the trial pertaining to 47 charges involving criminal breach in trust, money washing and bribery relating to more than RM52. two million (US$11. 6 million).
According to Malaysian news flash, Ahmad Zahid informed the court that your complaint to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was quickly lodged against him right after BN failed to purchase sufficient seats to create government after the 14th general election in May 2018.
He said that following the change of government when Pakatan Harapan (PH) overtook, leaders from the BN coalition were incurred while PH political figures were released with criminal cases.
“If this is simply not a politically determined charge, I can’t say for sure what other terms can be utilized. Charges against the indicted were withdrawn from the attorney-general at the time, whereas individuals from the losing party were pulled to court and even charged, ” he was quoted as telling by Bernama.
According to Malay Mail, Ahmad Zahid said 15 PH politicians had the case withdrawn, together with Democratic Action Party’s former secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s present MPs Sivarasa E Rasiah and Hassan Karim as well as former MP Rafizi Ramli.
This individual said that the BN politicians who were recharged, apart from himself, included former prime minister Najib Razak, UMNO secretary-general Ahmad Maslan, UMNO treasurer Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and around eighteen others.
There were also more than 80 UMNO division market leaders who were charged for court for presumably obtaining funds from your organisation under the obama administration of the former primary minister, Malay All mail quoted him simply because saying.
Ahmad Zahid said that according to these examples, a contact public perception which in turn considers these fees as “political or even selective prosecution”.
According to the Bagan Datuk MP and ex- deputy prime minister, while he has rely upon the court being just and that proper rights is a correct authorized system, it should not be used to take revenge.