KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has ordered the prosecution to submit the statement of a key witness recorded by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s trial.
Judicial commissioner Azhar Abdul Hamid said the defence, in its bid to impeach Rafiq Hakim Razali’s credibility as a key witness, had managed to show that there were discrepancies between his oral testimony in court and his statement recorded by MACC.
“After hearing and reviewing submissions by both parties, I agree that the defence has shown that there were discrepancies between the oral statement and the statement recorded pursuant to Section 30 of the MACC Act (2009).
“I hereby order the prosecution to submit a copy of the witness statement for review before the court decides on the next course of action,” he said.
Azhar asked deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin to hand over the statement before the end of today’s proceeding.
Last week, Syed Saddiq’s lawyer, Gobind Singh Deo, claimed that Rafiq, the former Bersatu youth wing assistant treasurer, had contradicted himself in his statements.
This included his allegation that Syed Saddiq had instructed him to withdraw RM1 million at his (Syed Saddiq’s) home after the Sheraton Move in February 2020.
However, he had told MACC in his statement that the instruction for the withdrawal was made through a phone call in early March 2020.
On July 18, the High Court rejected the defence’s first application to impeach Rafiq. This was followed by the second application on July 22.
Syed Saddiq was charged in July last year with four counts of criminal breach of trust and money laundering involving a total of RM1.12 million belonging to Bersatu.
He also pleaded not guilty to two charges of money laundering amounting to RM50,000 each. - FMT
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