A former executive secretary of Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today that the deputy prime minister never told her to pay car insurance, road tax, or personal credit card payments using funds from Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB).

Rosiah Osman, 71, said throughout her tenure as Zahid’s executive secretary from 1994 to 2011, she made all such payments through Zahid’s personal Maybank cheques.

Rosiah was testifying in court today during examination-in-chief by Ahmad Zaidi Zainal, who is representing Zahid at...