Ex-Malaysian minister Syed Saddiq gets 7 years' jail, caning, S$2.9m fine for corruption

Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman greets the public at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex before the High Court verdict on Nov 9, 2023.KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian High Court sentenced Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman to seven years' jail and two strokes of the cane after the Muar MP was convicted of corruption on Thursday .Justice Azhar Abdul Hamid sent the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance president to three years in jail for criminal breach of trust.

“Syed Saddiq is also sentenced to two years in jail for embezzlement of assets and one stroke of the rotan,” the judge said. Syed Saddiq was jailed for two years and fined RM5 million for each charge of money laundering. The jail sentences are to run concurrently.Syed Saddiq was found guilty on Thursday of four charges of criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of property, and laundering political party Bersatu funds.

The case was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutors Wan Shaharudin Wan Ladin and Mohd Afif Ali while lawyers Gobind Singh Deo and Haijan Omar represented the accused.Syed Saddiq said on Thursday he respected the High Court’s decision to convict him of corruption but would appeal as he was confident of clearing his name.“I have to put my faith in the court. The judiciary is the last resort, so we have to respect it,” the Muda president said.“I’m not here to the institution.

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