00:00Syed Sadiq Syed Abdul Rahman saw his gruelling three-year legal battle
00:05and on a happy note today after the federal court acquitted him of corruption and money-laundering charges.
00:11In a split decision, the court dismissed the prosecution's appeal,
00:15ruling that the Court of Appeal was right to overturn the MOA MP's convictions.
00:19Two Apex Court judges say there was no basis for the federal court's intervention in any of the three charges.
00:25Justices Ruzi Maghazali and Colin Lawrence Sequeira formed the majority.
00:31Justice Abubakar Jais dissented, convicting Syed Sadiq of three of the four charges he faced.
00:38The three-member bench heard the appeal six months ago.
00:41Syed Sadiq, 33, was charged with abetting Bersatu Youth Assistant Treasurer Rafiq Hakim Razali
00:48in misappropriating RM1 million belonging to the party's youth wing.
00:51He also faced charges of misappropriating RM120,000 from Armada Bumi Bersatu Enterprises' account
00:59along with two counts of money-laundering involving RM50,000 each.
01:04The High Court convicted him on all counts, but the Court of Appeal later acquitted him unanimously.
01:10Today's federal court ruling confirms that acquittal,
01:13closing the case that had threatened his fledging political career soon after he rose to prominence.
01:19Adrian Fernandez, FMT
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