KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in the trial of Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is facing 47 criminal charges, will prove that the former deputy prime minister misappropriated RM31mil of Yayasan Akalbudi funds without a single sen of the monies used to aid the poor.

In an opening statement, Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Raja Rozela Raja Toran said the prosecution would also establish that the accused had received a bribe of RM17mil and a further RM4.25mil as gratification, and had also received proceeds from the unlawful activity of RM65mil.