Two senior officers who used to work with Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told the High Court today that the former deputy prime minister often gave donations and alms using his own money and funds from Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB).

One of them, Mohd Kamal Abdullah, 65, who was Ahmad Zahid's special officer, said Zahid mostly contributed to the construction of mosques, suraus and tahfiz centres, as well as donations for the poor, orphans and single mothers...