Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman will find out his fate tomorrow when the Federal Court delivers its ruling on the prosecution’s final appeal against his acquittal involving four charges linked to funds belonging to Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s youth wing, Armada.
The decision is scheduled to be delivered at 9am by a three-member Federal Court bench comprising Court of Appeal President Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Jais, Justice Datuk Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali and Justice Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah.
The ruling was originally scheduled for June 30 but was postponed after Justice Che Mohd Ruzima went on medical leave.
The appeal hearing was conducted over two days, with both the prosecution and defence completing their submissions before the panel on Dec 12, 2025.
The prosecution was represented by Deputy Public Prosecutors Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib and Farah Ezlin Yusop Khan, while Syed Saddiq was represented by lawyer Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik.
During the hearing, the bench granted the prosecution additional time to reconsider its position after both sides concluded their arguments.
However, the Attorney General’s Chambers later informed the Federal Court that the Attorney General had instructed the prosecution to continue with the appeal and would respect the court’s final decision.
Previously, the Court of Appeal on June 25, 2025, acquitted and discharged Syed Saddiq, 33, after allowing his appeal against the High Court’s decision that had found him guilty on Nov 9, 2023.
The High Court had earlier sentenced him to seven years’ imprisonment, two strokes of the cane and a RM10 million fine before the decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal.
The prosecution filed an appeal to the Federal Court a day after the acquittal.
Syed Saddiq was accused of abetting former Armada assistant treasurer Rafiq Hakim Razali in committing criminal breach of trust involving RM1 million of Armada funds at CIMB Bank Berhad, KL Sentral, on March 6, 2020.
He also faced a charge of misappropriating RM120,000 belonging to Armada Bumi Bersatu Enterprise, as well as two money laundering charges involving alleged transfers of RM50,000 into his Amanah Saham Bumiputera account.
The criminal breach of trust charge was framed under Section 406 of the Penal Code, while the misappropriation charge was under Section 403 of the same law.
The money laundering charges were brought under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
