Syed Saddiq remains free man after prosecution's appeal dismissed


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PUTRAJAYA: Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman remains a free man following a two-to-one majority decision by the Federal Court.

The apex court dismissed the final appeal of the prosecution against him.

Two judges on the panel, Justice Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali and Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah, both affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal in acquitting Syed Saddiq.

Meanwhile, the chairperson of the panel, Court of Appeal president Justice Abu Bakar Jais, held the dissenting judgment.

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