High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah who presided over Bagan Datuk MP Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s trial today, queried the defence team why the purported donation in millions of ringgit from Yayasan Al-Bukhari to Yayasan Akalbudi was not made via cheques, but in cash.

The question was posed to Zahid’s lead counsel, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, when he was arguing on why the 27th money-laundering charge against the accused must fall...