Trial judge didn’t consider all evidence in convicting Syed Saddiq, court told

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Defence lawyers submit in appeal that the Muar MP should have been acquitted after the prosecution or defence case due to a lack of evidence.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/03/19/trial-judge-didnt-consider-all-evidence-in-convicting-syed-saddiq-court-told/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #SyedSaddiq #CourtOfAppeal

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00:00The trial judge who convicted Muar MP Saeed Sadiq Saeed Abdul Rahman of corruption and

00:06money laundering charges committed serious misdirection in failing to consider all evidence

00:11before him, the Court of Appeal heard today.

00:15Counsel Hisham Tipo Teix said the failure to weigh the evidence of defense witnesses

00:19against the prosecution at the close of the defense case was a non-compliance of Section

00:24182A sub 1 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

00:28Hisham pointed out that a prosecution witness, former Bersati Youth Assistant Treasurer Rafiq

00:33Hakim Razali, testified that the instruction to withdraw RM1 million from a bank account

00:38came from Saeed Sadiq, who was then Bersati Youth Chief.

00:42He said the witness also admitted under cross-examination by a lawyer for the appellant that he caved

00:47under pressure from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and gave a statement to implicate

00:52Saeed Sadiq.

00:53The lawyer said another defense witness, former Bersati Youth Information Chief Wulia Akamah

00:58Husamuddin, supported Saeed Sadiq's testimony that there was no such instruction to withdraw

01:03the money.

01:04On November 9, 2023, Saeed Sadiq was found guilty of abetting a criminal breach of trust

01:10amounting to RM1 million and dishonest misappropriation of RM120,000.

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