<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（莎阿南23日讯）高庭裁决，前副首相拿督斯里阿末扎希无罪释放。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>法官Datuk Mohd Yazid Mustafa指出，扎希的的全部40项贪污控状表罪不成立。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Yazid表示，控方未能根据大马反贪污法令第16AB条文和刑事法典第165条文证明表面证据确凿。</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>法官指出，3名主要证人，即Ultra Kirana私人有限公司（UKSB）前董事Harry Lee Vui Khiun和Wan Quoris Shah Wan Abdul Ghani，以及前行政经理David Tan Siong Sun，均不是可信和可靠的证人。</p></div>

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<div class="thumb-cap">法官Datuk Mohd Yazid Mustaf</div>
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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Yazid表示，有人质疑钱是否像指控中所说的那样交给了扎希。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“综合证据，法庭裁定，控方未能证明针对扎希的表面证据确凿。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>扎希在外国签证系统（VLN）及中国一站式中心（OSC）贪污案面对33项控状，被指收取UKSB的1356万新元（4339万令吉）贿赂。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>他还面对另外7项贪污控状，被指担任内政部长期间，收取UKSB的115万新元、300万令吉、1万5000瑞士法郎（6万7032令吉）和1万5000美元（6万7548令吉）贿赂。</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（编译：魏素雯）</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><em>English&nbsp;version：<a href="https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/zahid-acquitted-all-charges">Zahid acquitted of all charges</a></em></p></div>


（莎阿南23日讯）高庭裁决，前副首相拿督斯里阿末扎希无罪释放。

法官Datuk Mohd Yazid Mustafa指出，扎希的的全部40项贪污控状表罪不成立。

Yazid表示，控方未能根据大马反贪污法令第16AB条文和刑事法典第165条文证明表面证据确凿。

法官指出，3名主要证人，即Ultra Kirana私人有限公司（UKSB）前董事Harry Lee Vui Khiun和Wan Quoris Shah Wan Abdul Ghani，以及前行政经理David Tan Siong Sun，均不是可信和可靠的证人。
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