Dusuki said the case was concluded “once and for all” after prosecutors considered six representations submitted by the Umno president’s defence team, along with all relevant issues of fact and law.

“That is it. NFA. He cannot be charged anymore. It’s settled once and for all,” he told reporters after attending the opening of the Legal Year 2026.

Asked to elaborate on the Attorney-General’s Chamber’s decision, Dusuki said that while the High Court had found a prima facie case and called Zahid to enter his defence, subsequent and more comprehensive investigations altered the position.

“When we looked further, particularly at the flow of funds, that was the main issue. It resulted in the case being diluted,” he said.

Dusuki also said the NFA decision was not made arbitrarily but in accordance with the law and after careful consideration of developments that emerged after the charges were filed.

He said the discharge not amounting to an acquittal granted to Zahid was intended to allow further investigations, which had since been completed.

He also dismissed the notion that Zahid’s case should have proceeded because the High Court had found a prima facie case, noting that similar cases in the past were reviewed even after reaching the Court of Appeal stage.

“There were cases that were convicted at the High Court. But at the Court of Appeal stage, we reviewed them as there was a necessity to do so,” he said.

Last week, the AGC said the NFA decision was made after it found insufficient evidence to proceed with the charges against Zahid following further investigations, effectively bringing the long-running case to an end.

Several quarters, including former deputy law minister Ramkarpal Singh, subsequently urged the AGC to clarify whether it had reassessed the prima facie findings made by the High Court in 2023.

Zahid had been accused of embezzling millions of ringgit from his foundation, Yayasan Akalbudi, and accepting bribes for various projects during his tenure as home minister between 2013 and 2018.