Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman today claimed that Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal tried to persuade him to support Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Perikatan Nasional (PN).

The former youth and sports minister made the claim after he was hit with two fresh charges at the Johor Bahru Sessions Court.

These charges add to Syed Saddiq’s other two charges previously levelled against him at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on July 22.

On that day, he claimed trial to two counts involving alleged misappropriation of...