Earlier today (Thursday, 9th November) it was reported that Syed Saddiq has been found guilty of corruption. According to the politician himself, the case has
been ongoing since 2020 after he was accused of criminal breach of trust , misappropriation of funds and money laundering.
He has been fighting for his innocence ever since but the High Court returned a guilty verdict on all those charges. As for how MUDA reacted, the party said they will continue to support their president.As punishment, according to several news reports, Syed Saddiq will be sentenced to 3 years in prison and one stroke of the cane for the CBT charge whereas 2 years in prison and another stroke of the cane for misappropriation of funds charge.
Should he fail to pay the fines, 2 more years will be added to his prison sentence. Combining all of this, the MUDA president will receive a total of up to 9 years of prison, a RM10 million fine and 2 strokes of the cane. According to the 30-year-old's attorney, they have filed for an appeal earlier in court. The lawyer told the media that his client regrets his mistakes and hopes that the court would consider not imposing the caning sentence but only a prison or fine sentence.
While he did not specifically mention a name, netizens suspected that the Crown Prince of Johor , Tunku Ismail Idris threw shade at the politician in a tweet by quoting the late American rapper Tupac. 'Love this quote by Tupac Shakur. 'Life is a wheel of fortune and it’s my time to spin it' ⏳🕶️' he wrote.
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