Some people online said Bella Astillah was lucky to marry him. At their wedding reception in front of 3,000 guests, Syed Saddiq said the opposite, and backed it with her life story. Here is what he said, as reported, and six lessons our students and parents can take from it.

Every Malaysian of a certain age has heard it: a bank officer took one sen from every account and became a millionaire. In 1990, Aman Shah Ahmad was jailed over a Hock Hua Bank fraud worth about RM4 million, exposed after he showed off his luxury cars on TV3. But the one sen part? The court, the maths and the man himself say otherwise.