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Malaysia’s former minister Syed Saddiq walks free as prosecution loses appeal on graft charges
The ruling leaves the former minister free after judges found no legal error in the appeal court’s acquittal and rejected the prosecution’s bid to restore a seven-year sentence.
- On Monday, the Federal Court upheld the acquittal of Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, dismissing the prosecution's final appeal against graft charges involving Armada, the youth wing of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia.
- The High Court convicted Syed Saddiq in 2023, sentencing him to seven years' jail and a RM10 million fine, but the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned that conviction in June 2025, finding the charges baseless.
- Legal proceedings centered on two counts of abetting criminal breach of trust, one count of misappropriating property, and two money laundering charges involving RM1 million in Armada funds allegedly diverted from CIMB Bank Berhad in March 2020.
- In a 2-1 majority ruling, Justices Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali and Collin Lawrence Sequerah affirmed the acquittal, while Court of Appeal President Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Jais delivered the dissenting judgment.
- This ruling marks the definitive end of legal proceedings for Syed Saddiq, founder of the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance, following investigations that began in March 2020 when the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission opened its probe.
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Malaysia’s former minister Syed Saddiq walks free as prosecution loses appeal on graft charges
Hours after the court hearing, former youth and sports minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman was spotted entering Malaysia’s parliament that was in session in Kuala Lumpur.
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