KUALA LUMPUR: Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman will know today whether he remains a free man or have the conviction and sentence over four counts of graft relating to Armada funds reinstated against him by the Federal Court.
The Federal Court is expected to deliver its decision in the prosecution’s appeal against Syed Saddiq’s acquittal by the Court of Appeal at 9am.
Court of Appeal president Justice Abu Bakar Jais leads the three-judge panel of the apex court that presided over the appeal.
Other judges on the panel are Federal Court judges Justices Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali and Collin Lawrence Sequerah.
If the Federal Court dismisses the prosecution’s appeal, Syed Saddiq remains fully acquitted of all convictions and sentences.
However, if the panel allows the appeal, he will again face the jail term, caning and fine earlier imposed by the High Court, and this would cost him his parliamentary seat.
Deputy public prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, who leads the prosecution, told the media that he has “done his best” in carrying out his duty to prosecute.
“I leave it to the court to decide,” he said when contacted.
