Zahid’s graft trial: Judge to visit two bungalows in Country Heights

High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah, who is presiding over Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s corruption trial, will make a site visit to two bungalow units in Country Heights, Kajang, which were allegedly bought using Yayasan Akalbudi funds for use as Quran centres for retirees and tahfiz students.

“I think in the interest of justice, I would accede to the request for a site visit, but we can fix that for another time. We can arrange the dates later,” said the judge in response to an invitation by defence lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik since the two properties were the subject matter of one of the 27 money laundering charges against Zahid.

According to Hisyam, the visit would give a...