In a statement, the AGC said the appeals process was common practice and provided for by the judicial system.

“It does not reflect prejudice against any party. The filing of this appeal is to ensure that legal issues that arose from the Court of Appeal’s decision can be scrutinised and decided conclusively by the Federal Court,” it said.

In allowing Syed Saddiq’s appeal yesterday, Justice Noorin Badaruddin said the former Muda president 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.

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

The former Bersatu Youth chief was also 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.