TAN MING ANN v Pendakwa Raya [Pendakwa Raya]

q-05m-229-05-2022 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 27 June 2024 • Q-05(M)-229-05/2022 • 27 min read

7 cases cited (0 SG, 7 foreign)

Catchwords

Appeal against conviction- appeal against sentence-drug trafficking-methamphetamine-s.39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 – punishable under s. 39(b)(2) DDA-actual possession-custody and control over drugs-cumulative effect of evidence adduced -consignment note- prosecution’s witness on maximum evaluation-credible and reliable evidence-prima facie case- appellant denied on the knowledge of the drugs-bare denials- contradiction of accused evidence-fictitious character-whether the learned trial judge had erred in law and fact-multiple inferences-impugned drugs-hearsay-appealable error-witness statement-oral evidence-whether conduct of appellant is admissible under s.8 of the Evidence Act- whether evidence regarding the analysis conducted on the impugned drugs was defective-legal presumption of factual nature-conviction upheld- substitution of death sentence to imprisonment with whipping.

Judges (3)

Alwi bin Abdul Wahab Delivered Azizah binti Haji Nawawi Coram Mohamed Zaini bin Mazlan Coram

Counsel (4)

Attorney General's Chambers Firm Wong, Orlando Chua & Kuok Firm Afzainizam Abdul Aziz Counsel Respondent Orlando Chua Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Tan Ming Ann Appellant

Statutes Cited

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Cap 234)

Cases Cited (7)

MY (7)

[1953] MLJ 124 [1981] 1 MLJ 64 [1987] 1 MLJ 492 [1988] 2 MLJ 585 [1998] 2 MLJ 273 [2009] 1 CLJ 154 [2014] 8 CLJ 689

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