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Malaysia Case Law

Presumptions
  • 20 Oct 2021

    IMRAN BIN ZAKARIA

    Citation
    P-05(M)-558-11/2018 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
    Court
    M
    Case number
    P-05(M)-558-11/2018 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

    The Court of Appeal held that the learned Judicial Commissioner committed material legal errors by referring to and invoking s.37(d) and s.37(da) without electing or making a clear finding whether the case proceeded on actual or presumed trafficking and by failing to determine whether any invoked presumptions were rebutted on the balance of probabilities; those errors prejudiced the accused and rendered the conviction unsafe, warranting setting aside the conviction and sentence and ordering acquittal.