PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya [TIMBALAN PENDAKWA RAYA] TERTUDUH Cheng Sim Chen (Zheng Xincheng)
22 cases cited
(0 SG, 22 foreign)
Catchwords
• Criminal Procedure – Dangerous drugs – Section 39B(1)(a) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 – Elements of trafficking – Burden of proof – Whether prosecution established prima facie case • Criminal Procedure – Possession of drugs – Physical and mental elements – Whether accused had custody and control – Principle in Chan Pean Leon v PP applied • Criminal Procedure – Identity of accused – No identification parade conducted – Confusion over identity – Two individuals with same name – Whether charge sustainable • Criminal Procedure – Packages inspected by staff – No drugs found at point of delivery – Whether evidence sufficient to link accused to seized drugs • Criminal Procedure – Witness testimony – Material contradictions regarding date, location and number of packages – Whether contradictions raise reasonable doubt • Criminal Procedure – Common intention – Section 34 Penal Code – No evidence of relationship or joint plan between accused – Whether common intention proven • Criminal Procedure – Chain of custody – Incomplete handover records – Contradictions in number of seized packages – Whether evidence reliable
Practice Areas
Judges (1)
Counsel (9)
Abdul Hamid Menon bin Abdullah Counsel Accused Chuah Shyue Chien Counsel Accused Foo Fang Leong Counsel Prosecution Gan Chee Cheng Counsel Accused Kenji Soh Xin Da Counsel Accused Khairulnadiah Hasni Binti Yusof Counsel Accused Mandave Singh Gill Counsel Accused Muhammad bin Abd Kadir Counsel Accused Veeranesh Babu A/L Kumaresan Counsel Accused
Statutes Cited
Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 593)
Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
Federal Constitution
Penal Code (Cap 574)
Cases Cited (22)
MY (22)
[1956] 1 MLRH 44 [1966] 1 MLJ 116 [1980] 1 MLJ 75 [1983] 2 MLJ 232 [1987] 1 MLJ 220 [1987] 2 MLJ 336 [1991] 3 CLJ 2387 [1998] 2 MLJ 273 [2003] 1 CLJ 734 [2005] 1 AMR 4 [2005] 1 CLJ 466 [2005] 1 CLJ 85 [2005] 2 MLJ 301 [2005] 2 MLJ 685 [2005] 4 MLJ 37 [2006] 1 CLJ 457 [2009] 2 CLJ 603 [2009] 3 MLJ 643 [2011] 6 MLJ 1 [2013] 2 CLJ 383 [2015] 6 CLJ 464 [2017] MLJU 393
Judgment
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