00:00The 7-year prison sentence and the two opportunities given to Syed Sadiq Syed Abdul Rahman
00:07for breach of trust and money laundering are not too much, according to the High Court.
00:13Judge Azhar Abdul Hamid said the court took into account Syed Sadiq's status as a community figure
00:19and a role model for young people when imposing a sentence.
00:23On November 9 last year, Syed Sadiq, who was also a former UN Young Leader,
00:27was found guilty of a breach of trust charge of more than RM1 million owned by the wing
00:34as well as another charge of embezzlement of more than RM120,000, also owned by the UN Young Leader.
00:42He was also found guilty of two charges of money laundering
00:46for transferring a sum of RM100,000 to his personal account from a company,
00:51Armada Bumi Bersatu Enterprise, associated with the UN Young Leader.
00:56The judge said the court could not accept Syed Sadiq's decision
01:00that he never instructed the officials to issue the RM1 million
01:05and denied he knew about it.
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