Dato'Sri Mohd Najib Bin Hj Abd Razak v Public Prosecutor

05l-76-03-2019-w Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) 9 April 2019 • 05(L)-76-03/2019 (W)

Catchwords

Constitutional law - Gag order - Article 126 FC - S 13 Court Judicature Act - whether Court has jurisdiction to issue gag order - whether court should adopt prismatic construction of A 126 FC and S 13 CJA - whether court should grant gag order when the country has abolished trials by jury - test for gag order - whether appellant had fulfilled the test - whether there is real and substantial risk to the fairness of the trial - whether it is necessary and proportionate to grant gag order

Practice Areas

Constitutional Law

Judges (7)

Idrus bin Harun Coram Nallini Pathmanathan Coram Panglima David Wong Dak Wah Coram Panglima Richard Malanjum Delivered Ramly bin Haji Ali Coram Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat Coram Zaharah binti Ibrahim Coram

Parties (2)

Public Prosecutor Respondent Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Hj Abd Razak Appellant

Judgment

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