6 Dec 2019
HOW CHEE HONG PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
- Citation
- WA-42[ORS]-10-05/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- WA-42[ORS]-10-05/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Money laundering under section 4(1)(a) AMLATFA is a separate and distinct offence from the predicate offence of criminal breach of trust under section 409 Penal Code; statutory provision permits conviction for money laundering regardless of conviction for the predicate offence, therefore an earlier acquittal of the predicate offence does not constitute autrefois acquit or double jeopardy to bar prosecution under AMLATFA; stay was unjustified and was set aside to allow trial to proceed.