(Muar, 29th) Whether former MUDA president and Muar MP Syed Saddiq will be acquitted or sentenced to imprisonment for four charges related to breach of trust, misappropriation of property, and money laundering in connection with the BERSATU Youth Fund case will be revealed tomorrow.
The case will be decided by a three-member Court of Appeal panel headed by Datuk Seri Abubakar, with Datuk Che Mohd Ruzima and Datuk Collin Lawrence as members. Their judgment is expected tomorrow (30th) at 9 am.
The final appeal hearing took two days, and both the prosecution and defense completed their submissions before the three judges on December 12, 2025.
The prosecution is led by Datuk Wan Shaharuddin, assisted by Datuk Akram and Farahizlin, while Syed Saddiq is represented by lawyer Datuk Teh Poh Teik.
Notably, after concluding the final appeal hearing on December 12, 2025, Judge Abubakar unusually allowed the prosecution a week to review whether to proceed with the appeal—an uncommon practice in legal procedure.
Abubakar stated at the time that the prosecution should revisit and clearly state their stand on whether to continue the appeal.
Regarding this matter, the Attorney-General’s Chambers sent a letter to the Federal Court Deputy Registrar on December 17 last year, stating the Attorney-General had instructed to proceed with the appeal and expressed willingness to accept the Court’s judgment.
The Court of Appeal, on June 25 last year, allowed the 33-year-old Syed Saddiq’s appeal, overturning the High Court’s November 9, 2023 decision that sentenced him to 7 years’ jail, 2 strokes of the cane, and a RM10 million fine, acquitting him of all charges.
The Attorney-General’s Chambers filed an appeal with the Federal Court the day after the Court of Appeal’s decision.
According to the first charge, Syed Saddiq was accused of conspiring with then BERSATU Youth vice-treasurer Rafiq to misappropriate RM1 million entrusted to the party’s youth wing. The act was allegedly committed at CIMB Bank in KL Sentral on March 6, 2020, thus violating Section 406 of the Penal Code (criminal breach of trust); upon conviction, liable to up to 10 years’ imprisonment, caning, and a fine.
The second charge alleges Syed Saddiq misused RM120,000 belonging to BERSATU Youth for personal purposes, withdrawn by Rafiq via Maybank between April 8–21, 2018, in violation of Section 403 of the Penal Code (dishonest misappropriation); upon conviction, punishable by a minimum of 6 months and up to 5 years’ jail, caning, and a fine.
The third and fourth charges are for money laundering, namely, transferring RM50,000 each from his Maybank account to his Amanah Saham Bumiputera trust account, which are alleged proceeds of unlawful activities.
Syed Saddiq is accused of committing these acts of money laundering on June 16 and 19, 2018, at Taman Perling, Johor Bahru, thereby violating Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001—relating to acquisition, receipt, ownership, concealment, transfer, alteration, exchange, carriage, disposal, or use of proceeds from unlawful activity or crime tools. Upon conviction, punishable by up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine up to five times the amount involved.