26 Feb 2021
Jiang Xiang Lei Meng Li Jiang Wang Jun Cheng Luo Hongbin Yu Xiang Yu Gobin Singh Deo (Messrs Gobind Singh Deo & Co) Loi Yap Loong, Jacky (Messrs T.Y. teh & Partners) Inspektor Wayandiana bin Abdullah & 3 Others Zulkifli bin Abdullah, Muhama
- Citation
- WA-44-219-12/2020, WA-44-220-12/2020, WA-44-221-12/2020, WA-44-222-12/2020, WA-44-223-12/2020, WA-44-224-12/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- WA-44-219-12/2020, WA-44-220-12/2020, WA-44-221-12/2020, WA-44-222-12/2020, WA-44-223-12/2020, WA-44-224-12/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The High Court allowed the preliminary objection and dismissed the habeas corpus applications as academic because the remand orders challenged had been superseded by detention orders under section 19A(1) issued by the Prevention of Crime Board (a different authority than the respondents named), rendering any writ directed at the earlier remand ineffective; additionally the court held POCA applies to non-citizens based on the Act's long title, preamble and the term 'person' in section 3(1).