'Selective prosecution': Among grounds by DPP to drop Zahid’s case

The issue of being made a victim of selective prosecution is among the 11 grounds given by the prosecution in its application to halt proceedings of the case involving Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on 47 charges of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering involving the Akalbudi Foundation funds.

Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar told the High Court that Zahid had raised a very serious issue in his letters of representation, namely regarding the allegation that he was a victim of selective prosecution by the previous government...