Syed Saddiq freed of graft, money laundering charges

Court of Appeal rules that there was a serious misdirection by the trial judge which warranted appellate intervention.

Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman after his acquittal by the Court of Appeal today.

PUTRAJAYA:

 The Court of Appeal has unanimously acquitted Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman of his corruption and money laundering charges.

In allowing the former youth and sports minister’s appeal, Justice Noorin Badaruddin said the appellant should have been acquitted without a defence being called during the trial.

Reading her judgment before a packed courtroom, she said the prosecution had failed to prove the ingredients of the predicate charges of abetting in criminal breach of trust (CBT) and dishonest misappropriation.

Syed Saddiq was found guilty in November 2023 of abetting in CBT involving more than RM1 million belonging to Bersatu Youth, and another count of dishonest misappropriation of property totalling more than RM120,000 also belonging to the wing.

The former Bersatu Youth chief was also convicted on two counts of money laundering for transferring a total of RM100,000 to his personal account from a company linked to the youth wing, Armada Bumi Bersatu Enterprise. - FMT

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