EVIDENCE: Witness credibility
4 cases · November 2025 to June 2026
Case Volume by Year
2 25
2 26
2025–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Principal prosecution witness (Arresting Officer) — Fundamental unreliability — Falsehood told under oath regarding the assault of a handcuffed prisoner — Assault proved by CCTV footage — Undocumented removal of property from searched premises — Material discrepancies between oral testimony and contemporaneous documents regarding the location of arrest. 2 Assessment by trial judge — Belated contradictory statements — Whether trial judge erred in finding witness credible — Statutory declaration and police report made after accused called to enter defence — Whether documentary evidence supersedes sworn oral testimony — Weight to be given to trial judge's observation of demeanour — Whether subsequent contradictory documents raise credibility issues –Suspicious timing of contradictory evidence — Whether afterthought or collusion 2
Principal prosecution witness (Arresting Officer) — Fundamental unreliability — Falsehood told under oath regarding the assault of a handcuffed prisoner — Assault proved by CCTV footage — Undocumented removal of property from searched premises — Material discrepancies between oral testimony and contemporaneous documents regarding the location of arrest. 2 cases
Assessment by trial judge — Belated contradictory statements — Whether trial judge erred in finding witness credible — Statutory declaration and police report made after accused called to enter defence — Whether documentary evidence supersedes sworn oral testimony — Weight to be given to trial judge's observation of demeanour — Whether subsequent contradictory documents raise credibility issues –Suspicious timing of contradictory evidence — Whether afterthought or collusion 2 cases
Key Statutes
Federal Constitution
cited in 2 cases Penal Code (Cap 574)
cited in 2 cases Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 593)
cited in 2 cases Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
cited in 2 cases Court Distribution
Key People & Firms
Cases
ja-45a-36-03-2022
PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya TERTUDUH 1. ) YUVANRAJ A/L ARUMUGAM 2. ) HARISHWARAN A/L KHISO KUMAR
18 June 2026
MYHC
ja-45a-80-04-2022
PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya TERTUDUH HARISHWARAN A/L KHISO KUMAR
18 June 2026
MYHC
ja-42h-13-12-2024
Pendakwa Raya v ROSMAINI BIN ABDUL RAOF
3 November 2025
MYHC
ja-42s-7-12-2024
ROSMAINI BIN ABDUL RAOF v Pendakwa Raya
3 November 2025
MYHC