AZMIR BIN SHAMSUDDIN v Pendakwa Raya [Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN)]

aa-44-26-05-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 23 February 2026 • AA-44-26-05/2025 • 12 min read

19 cases cited (0 SG, 19 foreign)

Catchwords

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Habeas corpus – Preventive detention – Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 – Challenge under section 6(1) – Scope of judicial review under section 11C(1) – Whether Court confined to procedural compliance – Whether factual merits and Minister’s subjective satisfaction reviewable – Alleged 22-day delay in investigation report – Whether delay amounted to procedural non-compliance – Whether reports completed within 60-day statutory period or within “All convenient speed” requirement – Whether substantial body of persons requirement satisfied – Whether the Detention Order and the grounds of detention disclose involvement in a collective operation – Whether the applicant’s claim that he was merely a “runner” amounts to a challenge to the factual merits rather than a procedural defect– Whether any procedural defect going to root of detention

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (4)

M. Thanakumaran & Shan Firm Office of the Legal Advisor Firm M Thanakumaran Counsel Applicant Ng Xiang Hua Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Azmir bin Shamsuddin Applicant

Statutes Cited

Interpretation Act

s 54(2)

Cases Cited (19)

MY (19)

[2005] 3 CLJ 914 [2005] 4 CLJ 445 [2005] 6 AMR 529 [2005] MLJU 667 [2006] 1 MLJ 320 [2006] 4 CLJ 703 [2006] 6 AMR 191 [2006] 6 MLJ 493 [2020] 1 CLJ 747 [2020] 1 MLJ 351 [2021] 2 CLJ 29 [2022] 5 MLJ 611 [2022] MLJU 1113 [2023] 2 CLJ 502 [2023] 2 CLJ 859 [2023] 7 CLJ 521 [2023] MLJU 1432 [2024] MLJU 888 [2025] MLJU 4535

Judgment

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