The Kuala Lumpur High Court was today told that the spending habits and shopping spree at luxury goods outlets by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and his wife Hamidah Khamis using their own credit cards should not be brought up by the prosecution as it was irrelevant in the former deputy prime minister's corruption case.

Counsel Hamidi Mohd Noh, representing Zahid, said the defence strongly objected to the use of irrelevant facts mentioned by the prosecution because this was a very prejudicial statement.

“The spending habits of...