corruption

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has given him permission to travel to New York to help enrol his son in an institute of higher learning there.

Another prosecution witness meanwhile says Zahid received a salary and allowance amounting to RM44,383.15 per month while serving as deputy prime minister.

This follows contradictions in her testimony in the ongoing solar project trial and the statement she gave to the MACC in her money laundering case.

His lawyer refutes the prosecution's claim that Yayasan Akalbudi funds were embezzled for the purchase of a hotel in Bali.

The former prime minister, like his wife Rosmah Mansor, says he wishes to visit his daughter who is expected to give birth soon.

Prosecution questions how the use of the funds was for the benefit of the poor.

Deputy public prosecutor Raja Rozela Raja Toran questions the Umno president's use of funds from Yayasan Akalbudi to pay the salaries of the PDRM football team.

The prosecution says over RM31 million was eventually misappropriated from Yayasan Akalbudi and used for various purposes.

Deputy public prosecutor says none of the board members made any contributions, and that all instructions came from Zahid.

His lawyer says the temporary release of the passport will not affect the Umno president's next trial date.

Growing up in the corrupt port world of Penang in the 1960s, he learnt the trick to infiltrating the US Navy through sex parties and illicit gifts.

She also denies the prosecution's suggestion that she has a habit of asking other people to 'get things done' for her.