8 Jul 2022
[ ] WAN FATIHAH BINTI NADZRIN
- Citation
- AA-42LB-9-10/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- AA-42LB-9-10/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The High Court allowed the prosecution's appeal, finding the Sessions Court erred in ordering an acquittal and discharge. Given the prosecution's clear intention to continue, the need for further targeted investigations (LAZADA and telco) based on witness testimony, and delays attributable to COVID-19 and judicial reassignment rather than sole prosecutorial inaction, the impediment was temporary and surmountable; therefore DNAA was appropriate under section 254 KTJ.