KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The prosecution in Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman's criminal breach trust (CBT) and money laundering trial argued today that he was wrong for withdrawing...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The prosecution in Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman's criminal breach trust and money laundering trial argued today that he was wrong for withdrawing large sums of money from Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia's youth wing Armada's bank accounts.
“Withdrawing the money is not wrong but what I want to bring into question here is the accused's intent. It isn't necessary to think that Rafique had the same intentions as the accused since he had been following orders. Orders to withdraw a large sum of money that did not belong to the accused due to the latter's concerns about the political turmoil happening in the country at the time.
According to the first charge, Syed Saddiq, 30, as the then Bersatu Youth wing or Armada chief — who was entrusted with control of the wing's funds — abetted Rafiq Hakim Razali, its assistant treasurer at the time, with CBT of RM1 million in funds belonging to the wing. Syed Saddiq is accused of having committed the offence at Malayan Banking Berhad, Jalan Pandan 3/6A, Taman Pandan Jaya here, between April 8 and 21, 2018, and charged under Section 403 of the Penal Code, which carries a minimum jail term of six months and a maximum of five years with whipping, and is punishable by a fine, if convicted.
The Muar MP has always insisted that he had done nothing wrong and that his trial was a political prosecution against him for not supporting then-prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in his attempts to become prime minister. Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Afif Ali however refuted these accounts. Afif said all the money they raised used Bersatu or Armada's logos as well as featured prominent leaders from the party as promotional tools to attract people to come to their events.
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