Ruling on Syed Saddiq's appeal today
PUTRAJAYA: Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (pic) will know his fate today in his appeal against his conviction and sentence in a RM1.2mil graft case involving Armada Bersatu funds.
A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal, comprising Justices Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, Azman Abdullah and Noorin Badaruddin, is scheduled to deliver its decision at 9am.
The prosecution and the defence had both completed a three-day submission on April 17.
On Nov 9, 2023, the High Court found Syed Saddiq guilty of four charges of abetting in criminal breach of trust (CBT), misappropriation of funds and money laundering involving RM1.2mil.
He was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment, a RM10mil fine and two strokes of the cane for all four charges.
On the first charge, Syed Saddiq was charged with abetting former Armada assistant treasurer Rafiq Hakim Razali, who was entrusted with RM1mil of Armada's funds, to commit CBT by misappropriating the funds.
On the second charge, the former youth and sports minister was charged with misappropriating RM120,000 from Armada Bumi Bersatu Enterprise's Maybank Islamic Bhd account by making Rafiq dispose of the money.
He was also charged with two counts of money laundering via transactions of RM50,000 each, believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities, from his Maybank Islamic Bhd account into his Amanah Saham Bumiputera account.
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