1. ) DANIEL ONG BENG CHONG 2. ) CONNIE ONG MEI LING v 1. ) Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Manjung 2. ) Pejabat Tanah dan Galian Negeri 3. ) MENTERI BESAR PERAK 4. ) Kerajaan Negeri Perak

aa-24ncvc-231-05-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 November 2025 • AA-24NCvC-231-05/2024 • 20 min read
11 cases cited (0 SG, 11 foreign)

Catchwords

LAND LAW: Malay Reservation – Declaration under Gazette Notification No. 488 dated 17 January 1930 – Whether Plaintiffs’ sixteen parcels of land in Mukim Sitiawan were lawfully declared as Malay Reservation – Whether Gazette made specific reference to Plaintiffs’ titles – Whether documentary linkage between 1930 Gazette and present titles established – Compliance with mandatory steps under section 6 Enakmen Rizab Melayu 1933 – Whether reservation legally constituted – Whether Plaintiffs’ titles indefeasible under section 340 National Land Code – Whether later assertion in 2015 contravenes Article 89(4) Fed

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (5)

Perak State Legal Adviser's Office Firm Raj & Sach Firm Izyan Azimi Counsel Plaintiff Mohd Fitri bin Sadarudin Counsel Defendant Sachpreetraj Singh Sohanpal Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (6)

Kerajaan Negeri Perak Respondent MENTERI BESAR PERAK Respondent Pejabat Tanah dan Galian Negeri Respondent Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Manjung Respondent Connie Ong Mei Ling Applicant Daniel Ong Beng Chong Applicant

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
s 114(g)
Federal Constitution
Art 89(4)
National Land Code (Cap 828)
s 340
National Land Code 1965 (Cap 828)
s 340

Cases Cited (11)

MY (11)
[1981] 2 MLJ 264 [1982] CLJ 23 [1984] 2 MLJ 87 [2015] MLJU 620 [2020] 10 CLJ 413 [2021] 1 AMR 19 [2021] 1 MLRH 700 [2021] 7 MLJ 701 [2022] 1 MLJ 701 [2022] 2 AMR 525 [2022] 2360 CLJ 1

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