Following this, trial judge Azahar Abdul Hamid directed both the prosecution and defence to file their written submissions by April 3.

“April 10 and 11 are fixed for oral submissions and clarifications,” said Azahar.

Earlier, lead counsel Gobind Singh Deo told the court the defence had opted not to call Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer Ihsan Sapuan to testify.

The defence team had previously identified Ihsan as its fifth and final witness, but decided against calling him, and informed the judge of its intention to close the case.

Syed Saddiq, 30, is charged with abetting then Bersatu Youth assistant treasurer Rafiq Hakim Razali in the commission of criminal breach of trust (CBT) of RM1 million at CIMB Bank Bhd, Jalan Stesen Sentral 2 here on March 6, 2020.

He is also charged with misusing RM120,000 from the bank account belonging to ABBE for himself by causing Rafiq to dispose of the money at Malayan Banking Bhd, Taman Pandan Jaya here between April 8 and April 21, 2018.

He is facing another two counts of money laundering involving two transactions of RM50,000 each, believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities, transferred from his Maybank Islamic Bhd account into his ASB account at a bank in Taman Perling, Johor Bahru, on June 16 and 19, 2018.

On Oct 28, the Muar MP was ordered to enter his defence on all the charges as the prosecution had established a prima facie case against him.

Thirty witnesses gave evidence for the prosecution.