7 years’ jail, whipping for Syed Saddiq not excessive, says judge

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In his grounds of judgment, Justice Azhar Abdul Hamid says the court took into account the Muar MP’s status as a public figure and a role model for young people.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/11/29/7-years-jail-whipping-for-syed-saddiq-not-excessive-says-judge/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/11/29/hukuman-penjara-7-tahun-sebatan-syed-saddiq-tak-keterlaluan-putus-mahkamah-tinggi/  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 #CBT #Guilty

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00:00The Kuala Lumpur High Court says the seven-year imprisonment and two strokes of the rattan

00:05imposed on Moor MP Syed Sadiq Syed Abdul Rahman for criminal breach of trust and money laundering

00:10offences were not excessive.

00:13Justice Asar Abdul Hamid said that as a public figure and a role model for young people,

00:18Syed Sadiq should be held to a higher standard.

00:20Asar acknowledged this was Syed Sadiq's first offence and expressed hope that he would

00:24use the opportunity to reflect and rectify his actions.

00:27In his judgement, Asar highlighted that Syed Sadiq instructed two party members to withdraw

00:32one million ringgit from the Versatu Youth Funds without top leadership consent, raising

00:36concerns about bad faith.

00:39The court also found Syed Sadiq guilty of dishonestly transferring 120,000 ringgit of

00:43election fundraising funds into his personal account, deeming it an intentional misuse.

00:49Asar rejected Syed Sadiq's claims of ignorance regarding the withdrawals, saying it was unreasonable

00:53for him as a former youth chief to lack knowledge of such large transactions.

00:58On November 9th last year, Syed Sadiq was convicted on multiple counts of CBT, dishonest

01:03misappropriation and money laundering, and has lodged an appeal against the sentence.

01:08Donny Sharjah Reza, FMT News.

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