DYNAMIC ENVIRON SDN. BHD. v 1. ) PEGUAM NEGARA MALAYSIA 2. ) Kerajaan Malaysia 3. ) Agensi Penguatkuasa Maritim Malaysia (APMM)

ja-25-34-12-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 16 April 2026 • JA-25-34-12/2025 • 13 min read
13 cases cited (0 SG, 13 foreign)

Catchwords

Judicial review – Leave application – Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 – Second detention order against vessel – Investigative powers – Amenability to judicial review – Mala fide – Abuse of power – Functus officio – Double jeopardy – Articles 5, 7(2) and 8 Federal Constitution – Procedural impropriety – Whether second detention after payment of fine founded on same factual substratum lawful – Whether issues raised arguable and non-frivolous – Leave granted under O 53 r 3 ROC 2012 – Costs reserved

Judges (1)

Noradura binti Hamzah Delivered

Counsel (5)

Attorney General's Chambers Firm Bhavanash Sharma Firm Bhavanash Sharma Counsel Applicant Shahidah Nafisah binti Leman Counsel Respondent Veenay Jit Singh Counsel Applicant

Parties (4)

DYNAMIC ENVIRON Sdn Bhd Applicant Kerajaan Malaysia Respondent PEGUAM NEGARA MALAYSIA Respondent Agensi Penguatkuasa Maritim Malaysia Respondent

Statutes Cited

Federal Constitution
Art 5 Art 7(2)
Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952
s 491B
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (13)

MY (13)
[1990] 3 MLJ 228 [2006] 5 MLJ 60 [2012] 4 MLJ 296 [2017] 5 MLJ 349 [2018] 5 MLJ 814 [2019] 5 MLJ 364 [2020] 9 CLJ 774 [2021] 5 MLJ 209 [2022] MLJU 2952 [2023] 2 MLJ 742 [2023] MLJU 1298 [2024] 10 CLJ 978 [2024] 11 MLJ 381

Judgment

Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal.

Read on eJudgment

Source: eJudgment (ja-25-34-12-2025)