KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said it is now his time to tell what happened over the charges filed against him.
"Its my time to tell my side of the story, so that justice can win," he said after the High Court here ordered him to enter defence against all four criminal charges related to criminal breach of trust (CBT), funds misappropriation and money laundering.
Speaking to the press after today's decision, Syed Saddiq said he looked forward to having his day in court.
"I look forward to clear my name, in the court of law, especially to enter defence".
He was accompanied by his group of counsels led by lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, both his parents and Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) members in hearing the decision today.
The MUDA president said a meeting will be called immediately with his party members to discuss the next course of action, in relation to his political campaign for upcoming General Election.
Asked if today's decision would impact his political campaign for the elections, he said that he'll let the people of Muar to decide on his political future.
"What I will do immediately after this is call for a meeting to discuss things.
"Above and beyond that I'd like to bring this up to my party, and principles comes first in politics," he said.
Earlier, High Court judicial commissioner Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid had ordered him to enter his defence against all four criminal charges related to breach of trust (CBT), misappropriation of assets and money laundering.
Syed Saddiq was ordered to enter defence against one charge of abetting Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia's (Bersatu) treasurer Rafiq Hakim Razali with criminal breach of trust (CBT) 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.
His lead counsel lawyer Gobind Singh Deo told the court that Syed Saddiq will be giving sworn evidence from the witness box, and that they'd be calling for 15 witnesses, including few witnesses offered by the prosecution.