22 Oct 2025
Given the admitted facts, including use of a 26 cm knife to threaten the victim and theft of the victim's car, the guilty plea reduced but did not outweigh the aggravating factor of a dangerous weapon and the need for deterrence; a sentence of five years' imprisonment from date of arrest and two strokes of the rotan is appropriate and lawful.
2 Oct 2025
The court held that the extreme overloading (46,240kg vs permitted 24,000kg; excess 22,240kg = 92.67%) constituted a serious breach warranting significant punishment and forfeiture; guilty plea and first‑offence status mitigate but do not outweigh public interest and mandatory forfeiture criteria under s80(4). The appeal was allowed in part: the fine was reduced to RM15,000 as proportionate, default imprisonment preserved at one month if unpaid, and the seized motolori was ordered forfeited to the Ketua Pengarah Pengangkutan Awam Darat.
19 Nov 2024
The appeal is dismissed and the sentence is upheld because the offence (robbery under Sections 392/397) was grave: an early‑morning, armed intrusion on vulnerable female occupants with forcible seizure and pawning of jewellery; deterrence and protection of public interest outweigh mitigation from a guilty plea and there is no sufficient remorse to reduce the custodial term.
23 Nov 2021
Accused’s guilty plea and mitigation were considered but outweighed by seriousness of two separate armed robberies, absence of a single transaction (no proximity of time/place, continuity of action or purpose), the offender’s extensive antecedents and public interest in deterrence; therefore the trial court’s sentence of seven years imprisonment and four strokes for JA-62J-14-06/2021 was appropriate and must run consecutively to the ten years and five strokes imposed in JA-62RS-65-11/2020, producing an aggregate 17 years imprisonment and nine strokes, with commencement after completion of the…