Malaysian Criminal Practice Cases | Malaysia Criminal Law Info from MLTIC

Court of Appeal: Vijayakumar a/l Muthu Raman v Public Prosecutor

Criminal Practice – Murder – Death sentence – Appeal – Whether omission to clarify or lead evidence by the prosecution amounted to conflict of evidence – Whether there was sufficient evidence to attract the charge of murder

Court of Appeal: Rozmi Bin Yusof v Public Prosecutor

Criminal Practice – Murder – Death sentence – Appeal – Whether the trial court failed to direct itself according to the law – Whether the evidence given by an interested witness can be considered – Whether the appellant was exercising his right of private defence

Court of Appeal: Chia Meng Leng v Public Prosecutor

Criminal Practice – Drug Trafficking – Sentenced to death – Appeal – Whether the trial Court erred in accepting evidence – Whether it is wrong in law to import prejudicial evidence from the notes of evidence of another trial – How a trial court ought to treat evidence of perception

Federal Court: Siew Yoke Keong v Pendakwa Raya

Criminal Practice – Drug trafficking – Conviction and death sentence – Appeal – Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 – Section 39B(1)(a)

Court of Appeal: Ketua Polis Negara and 6 Others v Ngui Tek Choi

Criminal practice – Criminal procedure – Claim for damages for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment, wrongful detention and malicious prosecution – Claim premised on abuse of power and negligence of the police offers involved – Whether detention lawful – Article 5(4) of the Federal Constitution – Section 28 Criminal Procedure Code

Court of Appeal: Pendakwa Raya v Liakat Ali Bin Baddar Din

Drug trafficking - Conviction and death sentence - Appeal - Whether conviction safe

Court of Appeal: Liam Heng Boon v Pendakwa Raya

Criminal practice - Accused charged with trafficking of dangerous drugs - Charge amended to that of possession - Accused pleads guilty and sentenced by court - Prosecution appeals - Court convicts accused on the original charge of trafficking and sentences him to death - Whether the case involved trafficking or possession

Court of Appeal: Ng Terk Chai v Pendakwa Raya

Criminal practice - Amended charge - Failure by Trial Court to draft and explain amended charge to accused - Whether breach of sections 158 and 162 of Criminal Procedure Code - Whether procedural errors curable

Court of Appeal: Lim Kok Yong v Pendakwa Raya

Criminal practice - Drug trafficking - Conviction and death sentence under section 39(B)(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act - Appeal - Evidentiary issues

Court of Appeal: King Seng Hock and Another v Pendakwa Raya

Criminal practice - Drug trafficking - Dangerous Drugs Act - Conviction, Death sentence, Appeal - Impeachment of witness' credit - Application to exclude information under section 27 of the Evidence Act - Unfair criticism of defence case