November 9, 2023 2:00 AM EST
Malaysia’s former youth and sports activities minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman was sentenced to seven years in jail and two strokes of the cane after he was discovered responsible of costs together with misappropriating funds, the Star newspaper reported.
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Syed Saddiq, 30, was additionally fined 10 million ringgit ($2.1 million) by the nation’s Excessive Courtroom in a choice introduced on Thursday, the paper mentioned. His different costs have been abetting in a prison breach of belief and cash laundering, it mentioned.
Funds that Syed Saddiq was accused of misappropriating have been from Armada, the youth wing of his former social gathering, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia. He had denied wrongdoing.
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Syed Saddiq was the youngest ever in Malaysia to be appointed minister when he was named to Cupboard by then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in 2018.