PUTRAJAYA, June 25 -- Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has won his appeal against his conviction and sentence for corruption by the High Court.

A three-member Court of Appeal (CoA) panel led by Justice Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim said the decision was unanimous. He was joined by Datuk Azman Abdullah and Datuk Noorin Badaruddin.

Delivering the court's decision, Justice Noorin said that High Court Judge Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid had erred in several decisions, and that there was no element of dishonesty when the former Youth and Sports Minister instructed his staff to remove money from Bersatu's youth branch Armada's bank accounts.

She said the trial judge did not take into account the procedures and contradictory evidence, and also too...