00:00A DAP leader has challenged Khairi Jamaluddin to state his position on UMNO President Ahmad Zaid Hamidi's 47 discontinued charges
00:10in the Yayasan Akal Budi case.
00:12DAP Central Committee Member Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali questioned whether Khairi applied the same principles of accountability to political allies
00:22after the former UMNO youth chief spoke out against defending wrongdoing, even involving leaders of his own party.
00:30Sheikh Umar praised Khairi's stance but questioned whether he applied the same principle to Zaid, who is also a deputy
00:37prime minister.
00:38In a Facebook post, the senator argued that Khairi's past defense of former Prime Minister Najib Razak over the 1MDB
00:46scandal raised questions about his consistency.
00:49He claimed Khairi only became more vocal in criticizing Najib after Barisan Nasional lost power in 2018,
00:56urging him to clarify his position on Zaid's case.
01:00On Tuesday, Khairi told the International Young Future Leaders Summit that wrongdoing must never be defended.
01:08Even among UMNO leaders, Zaid had faced 47 charges of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering linked to
01:17Yayasan Akal Budi,
01:18before receiving a discharge not amounting to an acquittal in September 2023.
01:24The discharge was granted pending further investigations by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
01:30In January, the Attorney General's chambers classified the case as requiring no further action.
01:36Roman Dawi Gepari, FMT
