00:01The Attorney General's chambers has appealed the Court of Appeals' unanimous decision to acquit more MP Said Said Said Abdul Rahman's acquittal, office corruption and money laundering charges.
00:13In a statement, the AGC said the appeals process was common practice and provided for by the judicial system.
00:20It said the filing of this appeal is to ensure that legal issues that arose from the Court of Appeals' decision can be scrutinized and decided conclusively by the federal court.
00:30In allowing Said Said Said's appeal yesterday, Justice Nurim Badaruddin said the former Muda president should have been acquitted without his defense being called during trial.
00:40She said the prosecution had failed to prove the ingredients of the predicate charges of abetting in criminal breach of trust and dishonest misappropriation.
00:48The High Court found Said Said guilty in November of abetting in CBT involving more than 1 million ringgit belonging to Bersatu youth and dishonestly misappropriating property totaling more than 120,000 ringgit also belonging to the wing.
01:01The former Bersatu youth chief was also convicted on two counts of money laundering for transferring a total of 100,000 ringgit to his personal account from a company linked to the youth wing, Armada Bumi Bersatu Enterprise.
