Muar MP Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman has been sentenced to seven years jail, two strokes of the cane, and a fine of RM10 mil for charges of abetting criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of funds, and money laundering.
High Court judge Justice Azhar Abdul Hamid on Thursday said that the defence failed to raise any reasonable doubt on all four charges he was facing.
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High Court judge Justice Azhar Abdul Hamid on Thursday said that the defence failed to raise any reasonable doubt on all four charges he was facing.
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00:00 "Get out, get out!"
00:12 Muar Empi, Syed Sadiq Abdul Rahman, has been sentenced to seven years jail,
00:17 two strokes of the cane, and a fine of 10 million ringgit for charges of abetting criminal breach of trust,
00:22 misappropriation of funds, and money laundering.
00:25 High Court Judge Justice Azhar Abdul Hamid on Thursday said that the defense failed to raise
00:31 any reasonable doubt on all four charges he was facing.
00:35 On March 14, the defense closed its case after 29 prosecution witnesses testified in the trial,
00:41 which started on June 21, 2022.
00:44 On October 28 last year, the High Court ordered Syed Sadiq to enter his defense
00:49 after the prosecution successfully established a prima fatihe case against him.
00:55 The former youth and sports minister was charged with abetting former Armada assistant treasurer
01:00 Rafiq Hakim Razali to commit a criminal breach of trust by misappropriating the funds.
01:06 On the second charge, he is accused of misappropriating 120,000 ringgit from Armada Bumi,
01:13 Bersatu Enterprises' Maybank Islamic Berhad account, by making Rafiq dispose of the money.
01:19 He is also facing two counts of money laundering via transactions of 50,000 ringgit each,
01:25 believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities, from his Maybank Islamic Berhad account
01:30 into his Amana Saham Bumi Putra account in a bank in Johor Bahru.
01:35 Syed Sadiq was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for the CBT and misappropriation
01:40 of assets charges, while the other two money laundering charges were at the Johor Bahru Sessions Court.
01:46 The Johor Bahru Sessions Court then allowed the prosecution's request to transfer the case
01:51 in order for all four charges to be jointly tried at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
01:57 On November 25, 2021, Syed Sadiq was allowed to transfer the case from the Sessions Court
02:03 to the High Court. The CBT charge carries a 10-year jail sentence,
02:07 while misappropriation of funds, five years and money laundering, 15 years.
02:12 He is also liable to a fine of five times the value of proceeds from the unlawful activity.
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