The High Court in Kuala Lumpur was told that Ahmad Zahid Hamidi did not benefit from the RM250,000 loan his younger stepbrother Mohamad Nasaee Ahmad Tarmizi took from a textile wholesaler.

Lead counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, who represented Zahid, said this was because Nasaee had paid the said amount to a law firm, Messrs Lewis & Co.

The lawyer said textile wholesaler Junaith Asharab, who is...