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Malaysia Case Law

Ransom demand

  • 5 Mar 2024

    KAVIN MUKILAN A/L CHANDRASEKARAN [ ]

    Citation
    B-05(M)-27-01/2019 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
    Court
    M
    Case number
    B-05(M)-27-01/2019 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

    The Court held that the accomplice testimony of SP4 was safely admissible because it was corroborated by independent and circumstantial evidence (vehicle rental records, dashcam/GPS data, phone call records, witness identifications and forensic pathology). The ransom calls and related phone evidence, together with the pathology finding of suffocation and the last-seen circumstances, established beyond reasonable doubt that the appellants, acting with common intention under s34 Penal Code, kidnapped the deceased for ransom and caused her death (murder under s302 Penal Code and kidnapping under…

  • 5 Mar 2024

    KAVIN MUKILAN A/L CHANDRASEKARAN [ ]

    Citation
    B-05(M)-22-01/2022 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
    Court
    M
    Case number
    B-05(M)-22-01/2022 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

    The Court held convictions safe because the accomplice (SP4) testimony was independently corroborated by vehicle rental records, GPS and dashcam evidence, handset and handset-trade evidence and call transcripts showing ransom demands, the forensic pathologist concluded cause of death was suffocation consistent with restraint injuries, and the circumstantial chain plus last-seen evidence established guilt beyond reasonable doubt under s3 Kidnapping Act read with s34 and s302 Penal Code read with s34.