17 Aug 2023
MOHAMAD FAUZI BIN CHEK
- Citation
- JA-82D-55-11/2022 (Mahkamah Majistret)
- Court
- Magistrates' Court
- Case number
- JA-82D-55-11/2022 (Mahkamah Majistret)
Prosecution failed to prove ownership/identity of the urine sample and the evidential chain because the original investigating officer who received and handled the sample was deceased and his oral evidence was absent; the successor's reliance on the original officer's diary amounted to inadmissible hearsay absent reliance on a statutory exception, so no prima facie case under s15(1)(a) DDA 1952 was established and the accused was acquitted.