‘Political gift not like piggy bank’


Calm and collected: Ahmad Zahid (centre) arriving at the Shah Alam High Court. — KK SHAM/The Star

SHAH ALAM: A political donation should not be like “putting money into a piggy bank on a regular basis’’, but may be a one-off payment if it was indeed a donation, the prosecution in Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s corruption trial said.

Deputy public prosecutor Datuk Raja Rozela Raja Toran said the former deputy prime minister must also be seen as a public servant, and as such, had no business seeking and accepting funds, including political donations.

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