SYED Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman is the latest political figure with graft charges who has been granted temporary release of his passport by the court.

The High Court has returned the Muar MP’s travel document so he can attend two international conferences next month.

Judge Azhar Abdul Hamid ordered the passport to be returned to Syed Saddiq as deputy public prosecutor Afif Ali did not object to the Muar MP’s application.

In his application, Syed Saddiq said he would be participating in an international course on drug policy in Switzerland for five days from May 1.

He will then speak at the 2023 Asian Leadership Conference in South Korea, which will be held from May 15 to 18.

He has to return his passport to the court by May 20.

On October 28 last year, Syed Saddiq, 30, was ordered to enter his defence on four charges after the prosecution succeeded in establishing a prima facie case.

Syed Saddiq was charged, as then Bersatu Youth (Armada) chief, with abetting former Armada assistant treasurer Rafiq Hakim Razali, who was entrusted with RM1 million in funds belonging to the wing, in committing criminal breach of trust by misappropriating the funds at CIMB Bank Bhd, Menara CIMB KL Sentral, Jalan Stesen Sentral 2, Kuala Lumpur, on March 6, 2020.

He is also charged with misappropriating RM120,000 from a Maybank Islamic Bhd account belonging to Armada Bumi Bersatu Enterprise, by causing Rafiq Hakim to dispose of the money at Malayan Banking Bhd, Jalan Pandan 3/6A, Taman Pandan Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, between April 8 and 21, 2018.

He faces two counts of money laundering – transactions of RM50,000 each, believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities, from his Maybank Islamic Bhd account into his Amanah Saham Bumiputera account at a bank in Jalan Persisiran Perling, Taman Perling, Johor Baru, on June 16 and 19, 2018. – April 18, 2023.