The Court of Appeal was told today that the 2023 decision to grant Ahmad Zahid Hamidi a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in his Yayasan Akalbudi corruption case did not break any law.

Senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly submitted that the public prosecutor (PP)’s DNAA decision was made within the scope of his powers and jurisdiction under Article 145(3) of the Federal Constitution and Section 254 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

“The decision was...