DEPUTY Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has filed an application to be acquitted and discharged of 47 charges of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering linked to Yayasan Akalbudi funds.

His lawyer, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, said the application was filed at the High Court last Jan 28, naming the Public Prosecutor as the respondent.

“We are making the application based on the Attorney General’s Chambers’ (AGC) media statement dated Jan 8, which stated that no further action (NFA) would be taken on the 47 charges involving our client,” he said.

Hisyam added that Ahmad Zahid has been discharged not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) for more than two years, leaving the charges hanging over him.

“It is unfair for the charges to remain unresolved for such a long period. He is seeking closure and the truth,” he said after the proceeding before High Court judge Nurulhuda Nur’aini Mohamad Nor here Tuesday (Feb 3).

He also said the application, together with a certificate of urgency, was submitted to the AGC on Jan 30, and the court has fixed Feb 24 for the hearing.