27 Dec 2024
Khor Gaik Thiam Theow Say Kow @ Teoh Kiang Seng, Henry
- Citation
- 02(f)-26-04/2021(P) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Court
- f
- Case number
- 02(f)-26-04/2021(P) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
Federal Court held appeals allowed, set aside Court of Appeal and affirmed High Court: (1) in-trial recantation does not require a rigid two-stage leave procedure nor automatic exclusion of prior or subsequent testimony; courts must scrutinise recanted testimony against contemporaneous evidence; (2) Khoon Chye Hin principle applies such that partial untruth requires careful scrutiny but not wholesale rejection; (3) the party alleging forgery bears the onus of proving it; (4) a witness being a party or sued does not ipso facto render them an interested witness whose evidence must be rejected;…