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Malaysia Case Law

Mandatory imprisonment issue
  • 28 Aug 2025

    ONG CHIN LEE

    Citation
    AJ-83-271-11/2024 (Mahkamah Majistret)
    Court
    Magistrates' Court
    Case number
    AJ-83-271-11/2024 (Mahkamah Majistret)

    Accused accepted guilty plea and, balancing mitigation (first offender status, guilty plea, personal and financial circumstances) against public interest and seriousness of dangerous driving, the Magistrate properly exercised sentencing discretion to impose a fine of RM5,000 with alternative imprisonment of 10 months; the court considered and accounted for six days of remand under s.282(d) CPC when assessing proportionality of sentence.