The High Court today allowed an application by Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman for the temporary release of his passport to enable him to attend two international conferences in Switzerland and South Korea next month.
Judge Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid allowed the application after hearing the submissions by lawyer Lim Wei Jiet, representing Syed Saddiq, 30, and deputy public prosecutor Mohd 'Afif Ali.In allowing the application, Azhar ordered Syed Saddiq to return the passport to the court on May 20. Earlier, Lim told the court that the prosecution did not object to his client's application and this was confirmed by Mohd 'Afif.
The former youth and sports minister testified in his own defence for two days from Feb 22 this year and five other individuals also gave evidence as defence witnesses, including former Armada information chief Ulya Aqamah Husamudin, and Syed Saddiq’s former special officer Mohamed Amshar Aziz and former private secretary Siti Nurul Hidayah. Judge Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid will deliver his judgment on a date yet to be fixed.
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