PUTRAJAYA: It will be another day of proceedings for Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman in his appeal against his conviction and sentence in a RM1.2mil graft case involving Armada funds today (April 17).
The prosecution is set to resume its submission before a three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal, chaired by Justice Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim.
Last month, Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, who was making his submission, told the court that he had to take his submission slowly as he was losing his voice on the second day of the proceedings.
The appellate court had then fixed one more day for tthe hearing on Thursday (April 17).
After the hearing, Syed Saddiq had told reporters that he was frustrated by the delay but accepted the situation and will continue to fight to clear his name in the court.
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, 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.
