A lighthearted moment marked the end of Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s six-year legal battle in the case concerning Bersatu Youth funds.

After the Federal Court upheld Syed Saddiq’s (above, left) acquittal in a majority 2-1 decision, Court of Appeal president Abu Bakar Jais, who led the panel, told the 33-year-old to “proceed with his plans”...