High Court grants stay of execution pending appeal by Syed Saddiq

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has allowed Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s application to stay the execution of his sentence while pending appeal.

Earlier, Syed Saddiq was sentenced to three years in jail and one stroke of the cane for the CBT charge. “The accused served as the Youth and Sports Minister from 2018 to 2020. During his tenure as minister, the accused was tasked to lead the historic Amendment to the Federal Constitution which was Undi 18 and automatic voter registration," said Haijan.He added that Syed Saddiq had also helped to increase the internship allowance in the public sector from RM300 to RM900 in 2019.

“Regardless of your age, the court must impose a punishment that acts as a deterrent so that other politicians would think before they commit a crime. He was not in the position to use the funds as he wanted because the money did not belong to him," he said.Wan Shaharuddin also said that he hoped that Syed Saddiq will be able to improve himself and be a better politician as he is still young.

The former youth and sports minister was charged with abetting Rafiq, who was entrusted with RM1mil of Armada's funds, to commit a criminal breach of trust by misappropriating the funds. He is also facing 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 in a bank at Jalan Persisiran Perling, Taman Perling, Johor Baru, on June 16 and 19, 2018.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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