4 Oct 2024
SANTANASAMY A/L MUTHIAH [ ]
- Citation
- 05(M)-146-08/2022(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Court
- M
- Case number
- 05(M)-146-08/2022(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
There is no statutory provision authorising concurrent execution of whipping/caning and established jurisprudence consistently construes the statutory regime and legislative omission to mean corporal punishments must be executed consecutively; therefore courts must order whipping to be carried out consecutively and not concurrently.