PUTRAJAYA: Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s argument that the money collected from political fundraising programmes transferred to his personal account for reimbursement of his own monies was “an afterthought defence”, the Court of Appeal heard on Thursday (April 17).
Deputy Public Prosecutor Farah Ezlin Yusop Khan pointed out that the former Bersatu Armada chief did not inform crucial witnesses - then Armada assistant treasurer Rafiq Hakim Razali and his former private secretary Siti Nurul Hidayah - on the purpose of fundraising programmes which was to reimburse the costs he had incurred for his political campaign in the 14th General Election.
