Azam was asked to comment on the Court of Appeal’s unanimous decision in favour of the former youth and sports minister earlier today.

“This is a court decision. I was informed by the prosecution that they will appeal to the Federal Court,” he told a press conference at the anti-graft agency’s headquarters here.

Deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin earlier said that the prosecution would study the Court of Appeal’s judgment before deciding on its next step.

He said the prosecution could appeal to the Federal Court as the trial began in the High Court.

In allowing Syed Saddiq’s appeal this morning, Justice Noorin Badaruddin said he should have been acquitted without his defence being called during trial.

She said the prosecution had failed to prove the ingredients of the predicate charges of abetting in criminal breach of trust (CBT) and dishonest misappropriation.

Noorin also said the trial judge failed to appreciate Syed Saddiq’s defence and had treated it as a bare denial and afterthought.

Justices Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and Azman Abdullah also heard the appeal.

Syed Saddiq was found guilty in November 2023 of abetting in CBT involving more than RM1 million belonging to Bersatu Youth, and another count of dishonestly misappropriating property totalling more than RM120,000, also belonging to the wing.

The former Bersatu Youth chief was likewise convicted on two counts of money laundering for transferring a total of RM100,000 to his personal account from a company linked to the youth wing, Armada Bumi Bersatu Enterprise.

He was sentenced to three years’ jail and one stroke of the rotan on the CBT charge, two years and another stroke of the cane on the misappropriation charge, and another two-year jail term for each of the money laundering offences.

The Muda founder was also fined RM10 million.