The Federal Court has set Dec 11 to Dec 12 to hear the prosecution’s appeal against Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s acquittal on charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT), misappropriation, and money laundering involving RM1.12 million in Bersatu Youth funds.
Deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin said the dates were fixed during case management held via Zoom today, Berita Harian reported.
He said both parties were instructed to file their written submissions for the appeal by Nov 26.
Wan Shaharuddin added that Nov 27 has been fixed for the next case management.
The case management today, before Federal Court deputy registrars Wan Fatimah Zaharah Wan Yusoff and Mahyun Yusof, was also attended by Syed Saddiq‘s lawyer, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik.
On June 25, a three-member Court of Appeal panel unanimously acquitted Syed Saddiq, setting aside his conviction and sentence of seven years’ imprisonment, two strokes of the cane and a RM10 million fine imposed by the Kuala Lumpur High Court in 2023.
In allowing his appeal, Justice Noorin Badaruddin said the former youth and sports minister should have been acquitted without his defence being called during the trial.
A day later, the Attorney-General’s Chambers filed an appeal against the decision at the Federal Court, with the prosecution submitting its petition of appeal on Sept 22.
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 dishonestly misappropriating 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.
He was sentenced to three years’ jail and one stroke of the rotan on the CBT charge, two years and another stroke of the cane on the misappropriation charge, and another two-year jail term for each of the money laundering offences.
The Muda founder was also fined RM10 million.
