AZMI BIN ALANG AHMAD (menyaman untuk dirinya sendiri dan dalam kapasiti perwakilannya untuk dan bagi manfaat keseluruhan kelas orang-orang yang telah mendepositkan wang kepada MGSB Berhad) v 1. ) SITI WAKI'AH BINTI MOHD NOR (yang dituntut dalam kapasiti rasmi sebagai Pegawai Penyiasat di bawah Jabatan Perisikan Kewangan Dan Penguatkuasaan (FIED) Bank Negara Malaysia) 2. ) BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA 3. ) DATO' SERI AMAR SINGH ISHAR SINGH (yang dituntut dalam kapasiti rasmi sebagai Pengarah Jabatan S...

wa-21ncvc-109-10-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 25 April 2024 • WA-21NCvC-109-10/2022 • 19 min read
5 cases cited (0 SG, 5 foreign)

Catchwords

Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 – Enforcement by Bank Negara officers – Immunity of officer of Bank Negara under Section 87 Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 – Immunity of officers of the competent authority or the relevant enforcement agency when enforcing AMLA – Wider immunity under S.77 of Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 than Section 87 Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 – General averment of misfeasance insufficient to justify suing investigating officer personally or in official capacity – Courts ought to give effect to immunity provisions to avoid investigating officers from being sued personally unless there is clear evidence of misfeasance – Order 18 rule 19 applicable to enforce immunity provisions

Judges (1)

Gan Techiong Delivered

Counsel (9)

Faizal Rahman & Co Firm Jabatan Peguam Negara Firm Kevin & Co. Firm Dato' Joshua Kevin Counsel Defendant Fatima Zulaikha binti Ahmad Bashri Counsel Plaintiff Leng Wie Mun Counsel Defendant Muhammad Amin Bin Azizan Counsel Defendant Siti Syakimah Ibrahim Counsel Defendant Yap Zhen Yun Counsel Defendant

Parties (7)

BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA Defendant DATO' SERI AMAR SINGH ISHAR SINGH (yang dituntut dalam kapasiti rasmi sebagai Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial Polis Diraja Malaysia) Defendant Kementerian Dalam Negeri Defendant Kerajaan Malaysia Defendant Polis Diraja Malaysia Defendant TAN SRI ACRYL SANI ABDULLAH SANI (yang dituntut dalam kapasiti rasmi sebagai Ketua Polis Negara) Defendant Azmi bin Alang Ahmad Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (5)

MY (5)
[1979] 1 MLJ 135 [2005] 7 CLJ 422 [2017] 10 CLJ 1 [2019] 12 MLJ 1 [2024] MLJU 2636

Judgment

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