Witnesses were pressured, Syed Saddiq's lawyer tells appeals court

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The trial judge in Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman's graft case committed a serious misdirection when he failed to consider evidence of witnesses being severely pressured during the investigation, the Court of Appeal heard on Wednesday (March 19).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4brrdkmd   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Court of Appeal heard explosive claims on Wednesday in the ongoing case of Muar MP

00:07Syed Sadiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who is appealing his conviction on corruption charges.

00:14Defence lawyer Datuk Hisham Tepotek argued that the trial judge overlooked critical evidence

00:19of witness intimidation.

00:21He claimed that Rafiq Hakim Razali, a former Armada assistant treasurer and a key prosecution

00:27witness, was pressured by MACC officers, causing him to tailor his testimony against

00:33the former minister.

00:35The defence team also highlighted testimony from Syed Sadiq's former private secretary,

00:40who alleged she was threatened and mistreated during MACC investigations.

00:45Co-counsel Datuk Muhammad Yusof challenged the prosecution's case further, arguing that

00:50the RM1.2 million at the centre of the charges was legitimate public funding intended for

00:56election campaigns, not personal gain.

00:59On November 9, 2023, Syed Sadiq was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, fined RM10 million

01:07and ordered to receive two strokes of the cane after being found guilty on four charges,

01:12including criminal breach of trust and money laundering.

01:15The appeal hearing is scheduled to continue tomorrow before a three-judge panel chaired

01:20by Justice Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim.

01:26For live UN video, visit www.un.org

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