Zahid Hamidi withdraws application for return of his passport
The former DPM, who faces 46 criminal charges, applied for it to enable him to perform the umrah.
Former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is facing 46 charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT), money laundering and corruption, today withdrew his application for the return of his passport, which is being held by the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur, to enable him to perform the umrah this Jan 17.
His lawyer, Kitson Foong, withdrew the application, which was filed yesterday, after being told by judge Rozina Ayob that the prosecution would need time to reply to it and also for Zahid to obtain the visa.
“Although the applicant (Zahid) can get the passport within a short time, it takes more than a week to get the visa (to perform the umrah,” Rozina said.
The court then adjourned the case and all parties went into the judge’s chambers.
Foong, when met by reporters later, said Zahid was scheduled to go for the umrah this Jan 17, but due to time constraint his client had to postpone it.
He said he would be filing a new application for the return of the passport.
At today’s proceeding, the prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutors Raja Rozela Raja Toran and Lee Keng Fatt.
- Bernama
