KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman arrived at the Jalan Duta courthouse here around 9.18am, ahead of his money laundering trial.
Syed Saddiq is expected to testify, under oath, from the witness box, against all four charges involving criminal breach of trust (CBT), misappropriation of assets and money laundering before High Court judge Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid at 9.30am.
Clad in dark blue suit, the Muar MP walked quickly into the court complex as his court proceeding was scheduled to start at 9.30am.
The judge, on October 28 last year had ordered Syed Saddiq to enter his defence against the charges, after finding that a prima facie case had been proven against him.
The prosecution was led by Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin and Mohd 'Afif Ali prosecuted, while lawyers Gobind Singh Deo and Haijan Omar represented Syed Saddiq.
The former Youth and Sports minister was ordered to enter his defence against one charge of abetting Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia's (Bersatu) treasurer Rafiq Hakim Razali with criminal breach of trust involving RM1 million of the organisation's funds.
The court also ordered him to enter defence against one charge of misusing property for himself, namely RM120,000 from the Maybank Islamic Bhd account belonging to Armada Bumi Bersatu Enterprise, by causing Rafiq to dispose of the money and two counts of engaging in money laundering, namely two transactions of RM50,000, believed to be proceeds of unlawful activities from his Maybank Islamic Bhd account into his Amanah Saham Bumiputera account.