24 Sept 2024
NGUYEN VAN TIEN
- Citation
- CB-42ES-1-05/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- CB-42ES-1-05/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The court held that s.68(2)(c) should not be read to multiply the statutory minimum per every individual part in a manner that produces an unreasonable or absurd aggregate; the minimum RM150,000 applies to an offence involving a fully protected animal or its parts/derivatives as a unitary sentencing unit rather than mechanically per listed fragment. Applying that interpretation and considering mitigation and proportionality the Sessions Court's fine of RM300,000 was reasonable and is affirmed, but the default imprisonment and substantive custodial term were excessive and were reduced to 12 mo…