Federal Court hits pause on Syed Saddiq appeal, tells both sides to rethink

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The Federal Court on Friday (Dec 12) effectively paused Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman's appeal proceedings, directing both prosecution and defence to reconsider their positions after two days of hearings.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Dato' Amiga

00:09Come, come, come, you come as well

00:12Come, you speak, you speak

00:14Good afternoon

00:18We just completed our submissions before the Federal Court

00:23We are grateful and thankful to the learner judges of the Federal Court

00:27Gave us a lot of time to make our points, make our submission

00:31And as you know, the judgment has been reserved

00:34It was the advice of the Federal Court that both parties go back

00:37And rethink about their own respective cases

00:40And come back to the court as to see whether any particular direction has been taken

00:44So also I must extend my gratitude to my colleagues and this legal team

00:52Including Dato' Amiga

00:54And I do not forget Dato' Yusof

00:57Yusof, who was an advisor to us

01:01And very, what do you call that, connected with this case as well

01:05And members of my legal team

01:07I'm also grateful to YB for this opportunity

01:11To be able to present his case before both the Court Appeal and the Federal Court

01:17I'll leave it now to YB to address the press

01:20Thank you very much members of the press

01:22I'd like to start by thanking my exceptional legal team

01:28Dato' Yusof for leading

01:29Dato' Amiga, Dato' Yusof who's not with us but with us in spirit

01:34Including the legal team from the High Court

01:37Yeah

01:37Which was led by Sergo Bin

01:39And all the lawyers who came together

01:44Worked tirelessly day in and day out

01:46To fight for justice and to pursue for the truth

01:49Now I can only leave my fate in the hands of Allah SWT

01:54And also in the hands of the court

01:57We've went through this journey

01:59Now for more than 600 days

02:01Close to 700 days

02:02We have never postponed

02:04We've never tried to prolong

02:06In the end, we believe that the truth

02:08While it may take time

02:10Will win

02:11If not today, tomorrow

02:12If not tomorrow, next month

02:13But the truth will end up winning

02:15Terima kasih kepada semua

02:16Kerana setiap bersama

02:17Termasuk dengan rakan-rakan, sahabat-sahabat

02:20Yang datang dari jauh

02:21Thank you very much

02:22InsyaAllah kebenaran akan berjalan

02:24Menang juga

02:24Thank you

02:26There's no decision here

02:30No, not yet

02:30Parties are still to file in

02:33Respective submissions

02:34On a particular point of law

02:35Betul, were you

02:37Sorry

02:37Were you surprised by what the judge said

02:40With the decision

02:41He tell us the prosecution

02:43Whether they want to block the case

02:45Or continue

02:46Was that surprised?

02:48This is something not expected

02:50By members of the legal team

02:52But I think the court also did the right

02:54I think to ask the parties

02:55To go back and reflect

02:56On their positions

02:59As far as the law and the facts

03:00Are concerned on this case

03:02Do you think when they do that

03:03Maybe they feel there's no case here

03:05Do you feel similar?

03:07I would not comment further apart

03:09From saying that this

03:10This is a direction of the court

03:11And we have to go back and reflect

03:13On our respective cases

03:14Maybe how do you feel

03:16When you heard the judge say

03:18Tell them

03:20Do you think they are

03:21I mean to be honest

03:23I do not want to put myself

03:24In the position of the judge

03:25If you may have noticed

03:27I truly respect

03:29The judiciary

03:30Not just as individual judges

03:32But judiciary overall

03:33I mean

03:33There's something which was discussed

03:35Just now about

03:35Specific submissions

03:36Which may

03:37To some extent

03:38Disrepute

03:39The name of some judges

03:40Especially at the appeal court

03:41It really got me thinking

03:43Even when I went through hell

03:46After conviction was placed on me

03:49At the high court

03:50I never once

03:51Disrepute

03:51I never once

03:52Spoke ill

03:53Of the judge

03:54Because in the end

03:55It's not just about individual

03:56But it is a matter of the judiciary

03:58We should be protected

03:59Defended

04:00And that is the last bastion

04:02A wall of defence

04:03For those who are voiceless

04:05And citizens who require

04:06That final recourse

04:08So if anything

04:09I'd like to

04:09Just give respect

04:10To the three judges

04:12And also

04:13Across the judiciary

04:14For letting me

04:16Have my case

04:17For the past 600 days

04:18So I think

04:19There's two weeks

04:20One week for them

04:21One week for you

04:22That's for the filing

04:22The submission

04:23So then

04:24After that

04:25They're just

04:26So what are you doing

04:28In the meantime

04:28Then

04:29What are the season

04:30I look forward

04:32To go back to Moa tomorrow

04:33I have a lot of work to do

04:34And I look forward

04:36To serving my constituency

04:37As always

04:38Alright

04:39Thank you

04:40Thank you

04:41All the best

04:42All the best

04:43Thank you

04:44Thank you

04:44Happy some

04:45Happy new year

04:46Thank you

04:47Congratulations

04:47Thank you

04:54I got a

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