PETALING JAYA: The Court of Appeal has fixed April 24 for the next case management of Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s appeal against his conviction for criminal breach of trust (CBT), misappropriation of funds and money laundering.
Justice Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, who chaired the three-panel judge, said the panel will take time to consider the submissions from both sides before delivering their decision.
“A date will be fixed for case management to set a date for the decision,” he said.
Earlier, the prosecution resumed its submission and was followed by responses from the defence team.
Other judges on the bench are Justices Azman Abdullah and Noorin Badaruddin.
Thursday (April 17) was the third day of the proceedings after it was adjourned from last month.
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 of abetting in criminal breach of trust (CBT), misappropriation of funds and money laundering.
Syed Saddiq was charged with abetting 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.
