I’m waiting to clear my name in Court of Appeal, says Syed Saddiq

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The Muar MP, however, says the High Court has yet to provide its written judgment to set out the grounds for finding him guilty.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/08/17/im-waiting-to-clear-my-name-in-court-of-appeal-says-syed-saddiq/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #SyedSaddiq #CourtofAppeal

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00:00Convicted of corruption last year, MUAR MP Syed Sadiq Syed Abdul Rahman is awaiting his

00:08day in the Court of Appeal and wants his appeal heard soon.

00:12Speaking to FMT, he said he wants to clear his name through the legal process as he deeply

00:17respects the integrity of the court.

00:19The former youth and sports minister, however, said the appeal cannot be heard yet as the

00:24high court in Kuala Lumpur has not issued its written judgment to justify his conviction

00:28and sentence.

00:29He added that a fifth case management will be held in the Court of Appeal on September

00:3320th.

00:34Meanwhile, lawyer Bestin Tan from the legal firm that acts as Syed Sadiq's solicitors

00:39said the firm had on March 18th written to Justice Azhar Abdul Hamid to obtain the grounds

00:44of judgment but has not received a response.

00:47A court practice direction states that a trial judge must provide the written judgment within

00:51eight weeks of an appellant filing his notice of appeal.

00:55Meanwhile, lawyer G. Subramaniam Nair said a criminal appeal cannot proceed without the

01:00written grounds as the appellant can only file a petition of appeal stating where the

01:04trial judge erred in fact and law after obtaining the grounds of judgment.

01:09On November 9th, Syed Sadiq was sentenced to a total of seven years in prison and fined

01:1410 million ringgit after being convicted of abetting criminal breach of trust, the misappropriation

01:19of assets, and money laundering.

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