Retiree’s cheques went to trustee

Court date: Ahmad Zahid (second from right) leaving the High Court in Kuala Lumpur. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: A witness told the High Court that he was unaware that five cheques amounting to RM366,000 that were converted to Australian currency for a home purchase deposit were eventually made out to Messrs Lewis & Co, a trustee of Yayasan Akalbudi belonging to Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Retiree T. Rajan, 69, said he only wrote down the date, amount and signed the cheques without writing the name of the payee, before handing them over to a money changer.