THE High Court today sentenced Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman to seven years in jail and two strokes of the cane after the Muar MP was convicted of corruption. The former youth and sports minister was also fined RM10 million.

Justice Azhar Abdul Hamid sent the Muda president to three years in jail for criminal breach of trust. Syed Saddiq is also to be whipped once for the crime. 

“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.

Azhar allowed the sentences and fines to be stayed pending Syed Saddiq’s appeal.

Syed Saddiq was found guilty today of four charges of criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of property, and laundering Bersatu funds.

Thirty prosecution witnesses testified in the trial, which started on June 21, 2022.

They included Syed Saddiq’s father Syed Abdul Rahman Abdullah Alsagoff, his mother Shariffah Mahani Syed Abdul Aziz, former Armada assistant treasurer Rafiq Hakim Razali, and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigating officers Nurul Hidayah Kamarudin, Syahmeizy Sulong, and Asbi Munip.

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. – November 9, 2023.