This 🧵will explain @DrZahidHamidi's VLN corruption trial verdict.

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JUST IN | THE Shah Alam High Court today ruled that former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was acquitted of 40 charges of accepting bribes from Ultra Kirana Sdn Bhd.

— The Malaysian Reserve (@TMReserve) September 23, 2022

What happens next?

Zahid still has another case pending in KL. The prosecution will likely appeal his acquittal in this case. If allowed, Zahid will have to enter his defence. If not, the prosecution can appeal once more to the Federal Court. https://t.co/NObrT1IcUH

— Goh Cia Yee 🏛 (@gohciayee) September 23, 2022

What is this UKSB case? This is a case where Zahid was accused of extending a visa-processing company’s contract in exchange for a total of 50.56 million ringgit in bribes when he was home minister, between 2014 and 2018.

— M.Mustafa (@whaddup7) September 23, 2022

Zahid’s alleged offenses allegedly took place at his own private residence and at a former deputy prime minister’s official residence.

— M.Mustafa (@whaddup7) September 23, 2022

1. BREAKING: The Shah Alam High Court has granted a discharge amounting to an acquittal former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi over the foreign visa system corruption case.

Judge Mohd Yazid Mustafa ruled that the prosecution did not establish a prima facie case. https://t.co/0IdXNLLxKZ pic.twitter.com/dzKPgqot0N

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) September 23, 2022

3. Judge Yazid had said that the witnesses called upon by the prosecution were not credible or trustworthy, and their testimony could not be relied on.

He added that there was no sufficient evidence to prove that Zahid had received bribes.

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) September 23, 2022

Very disturbing

— Zaidah K (@zaidahkamarudin) September 23, 2022

2. “UKSB never obtained receipts for the payments,” says deputy public prosecutor Abdul Malik.

“The accused also did not refuse or ask for the money to be taken away when they were handed to him,” he told the court.

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) September 5, 2022

4. “They concurred the deliveries of the monies were done at Country Heights, Kajang or Seri Satria, Putrajaya and the deliveries were done after 10pm.

“They were also able to describe the accused’s private or official residences and where the deliveries took place,” Malik says.

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) September 5, 2022