00:00The Attorney General's Chambers must explain its decision to take no further action on the 47 criminal charges previously faced by Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, says DAP Legal Bureau Chairman Ram Karpal Singh.
00:14Ram Karpal, a former Deputy Law Minister, said the AGC's move to classify the case as NFA does not inspire public confidence and raises serious questions about the transparency of its investigations and decision-making process.
00:29Ram Karpal said while the AGC attributed its decision to a comprehensive review of available material, it failed to clarify whether it had reassessed the prima facie findings made by the High Court in 2023.
00:43Ram Karpal warned that a failure to provide a satisfactory and transparent explanation would likely further erode public confidence in the AGC, describing such an outcome as ill-advised.
00:55Yesterday, the AGC announced that it had found insufficient evidence to proceed with the charges against Zahid, following further investigations, effectively bringing the long-running case to an end.
01:07Zahid had been accused of embezzling millions of ringgit from his foundation Yayasan Akal Budi and of accepting bribes for various projects during his tenure as Home Minister between 2013 and 2018.
01:19Pan Yuzhou FMT.
