Syed Saddiq wanted RM120,000 public donation for himself, court told

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The prosecution tells the Court of Appeal the former Bersatu Youth chief’s defence to a charge of misappropriation was merely an afterthought.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/04/17/syed-saddiq-wanted-rm120000-public-donation-for-himself-court-told  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/04/17/syed-saddiq-ubah-niat-pindah-sumbangan-rm120000-ke-akaun-sendiri-mahkamah-diberitahu  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 #Bersatu #Armada #PublicDonation

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00:00Saeed Sadiq Saeed Abdulrahman altered plans to keep a public donation of RM120,000

00:07after winning the MOAR parliamentary seat in 2018. The Court of Appeal heard today.

00:14Deputy Public Prosecutor Farah Azen Yuzo Khan said the former Bersatu Youth Chief obtained

00:19the money via two fundraising events held at MOAR and Ampang in early April that year.

00:25She said he had told donors that the 14th general election was heavily stacked against

00:28the opposition and pleaded for their help to cross the finish line.

00:32She also said Bersatu Youth's former assistant treasurer, Rafiq Hakim Rezali, was then instructed

00:37to transfer the RM120,000, which was kept in a Bersatu Youth Bank account into Saeed Sadiq's

00:42personal account in four separate transactions before the start of the election campaign that year.

00:48Farah said Saeed Sadiq then transferred RM100,000 in two tranches on June 15th and 16th into his

00:54Amanah Saha booming future investment account.

00:56She told a three-member bench chaired by Justice Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim that what transpired was a

01:02change in intention, as the money remained untouched throughout the entire campaign period and was

01:07only dealt with later. Farah said Saeed Sadiq's defense that the money was a disbursement of

01:13election expenses was not credible, describing it as an afterthought that only emerged during the

01:18trial after he was caught. On November 9, 2023, Saeed Sadiq was found guilty of a betting in criminal

01:24breach of trust amounting to RM1 million and dishonest misappropriation of RM120,000.

01:29Ringgit.

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