Apex court to rule June 30 on prosecution’s appeal in Syed Saddiq case

Apex court to rule June 30 on prosecution’s appeal in Syed Saddiq case

The date was communicated in a letter from the Federal Court to Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar.

SYED SADDIQ COURT
On June 25 last year, the Court of Appeal acquitted Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, setting aside his sentence of seven years’ imprisonment, two strokes of the rotan and a RM10 million fine.
PETALING JAYA:
The Federal Court has set June 30 to deliver its ruling on the prosecution’s final appeal against the acquittal of Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.

Deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin confirmed this, Bernama reported.

The date for the decision was communicated in a letter from the Federal Court to Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar.

Syed Saddiq, who founded Muda in 2021 after leaving Bersatu, was charged that same year with abetment of criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of property and money laundering involving RM1.12 million belonging to Bersatu Youth.

He stepped down as Muda president after his conviction in 2023.

However, the Court of Appeal unanimously acquitted Syed Saddiq on June 25 last year and quashed his sentence of seven years’ imprisonment, two strokes of the rotan and a RM10 million fine.

The prosecution subsequently filed an appeal with the Federal Court in December, seeking to restore the conviction and sentence imposed by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on the former Bersatu Youth chief.

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