Pendakwa Raya v PHRUEKSA TAEMCHIM

05rj-7-11-2024w Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) 11 November 2025 • 05(RJ)-7-11/2024(W) • 34 min read
24 cases cited (0 SG, 24 foreign)

Catchwords

Jenayah — Hukuman mati — Semakan hukuman mati — semakan hukuman mati selepas diberi pengampunan oleh Lembaga Pengampunan Perlembagaan Persekutuan — Perkara 42 — Pengampunan Diraja — Kuasa Lembaga Pengampunan — Keputusan pengampunan — Sama ada boleh dicabar melalui semakan kehakiman Mahkamah Persekutuan — Bidang kuasa — Bidang kuasa penyemakan sementara — Semakan hukuman mati — s. 2 Akta Semakan Hukuman Mati dan Penjara Sepanjang Hayat (Bidang Kuasa Sementara Mahkamah Persekutuan) 2023 (Akta 847) Amalan dan Prosedur — Kaedah 137 Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah Persekutuan 1995 — Permohonan semakan hukuman — Sama ada terpakai selepas pengampunan Diraja Lembaga Pengampunan — Kuasa perlembagaan — Keputusan mengubah hukuman mati — Kesan terhadap bidang kuasa Mahkamah Persekutuan Isu Undang-Undang — Sama ada seseorang yang telah dihukum mati dan kemudiannya memperoleh pengampunan di bawah Perkara 42 Perlembagaan Persekutuan berhak/boleh mengemukakan permohonan semakan semula hukuman mati — Sama ada Mahkamah Persekutuan mempunyai bidang kuasa penyemakan sementara di bawah s. 2 Akta 847 selepas hukuman diubah oleh Lembaga Pengampunan

Practice Areas

Jenayah

Judges (5)

Abu Bakar bin Jais Coram Azizah binti Haji Nawawi Coram Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali Delivered Hasnah binti Dato' Mohammed Hashim Coram Utama Wan Ahmad Farid bin Wan Salleh Delivered

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Appellant Phrueksa Taemchim Respondent

Case Significance

Pendakwa Raya v PHRUEKSA TAEMCHIM is a Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) decision dated November 11, 2025 (citation: 05rj-7-11-2024w). <p>The Public Prosecutor sought review of the Federal Court's earlier decision allowing four death row inmates (Phrueksa Taemchim, Mailesi Phiri, Jiva a/l Gopal Krishnan, and Balakrishnan) to have their death sentences reviewed under the Death Sentence and Life Imprisonment Review (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Act 2023, despite having already received royal pardons. The Federal Court allowed the Prosecution's review applications, holding that once a royal pardon commutes a death The panel comprised Abu Bakar bin Jais, Azizah binti Haji Nawawi, Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali, Hasnah binti Dato' Mohammed Hashim and Utama Wan Ahmad Farid bin Wan Salleh, with Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali delivering the judgment.

Summary

The Public Prosecutor sought review of the Federal Court's earlier decision allowing four death row inmates (Phrueksa Taemchim, Mailesi Phiri, Jiva a/l Gopal Krishnan, and Balakrishnan) to have their death sentences reviewed under the Death Sentence and Life Imprisonment Review (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Act 2023, despite having already received royal pardons. The Federal Court allowed the Prosecution's review applications, holding that once a royal pardon commutes a death sentence, the Federal Court's temporary review jurisdiction under Act 847 ceases to apply. The Court noted that the respondents could still petition their respective Pardons Boards to reconsider the commencement date of imprisonment.

What was the outcome of Pendakwa Raya v PHRUEKSA TAEMCHIM?

<p>The Public Prosecutor sought review of the Federal Court's earlier decision allowing four death row inmates (Phrueksa Taemchim, Mailesi Phiri, Jiva...

Cases Cited (24)

UK (7)
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MY (17)
[1968] 2 MLJ 249 [1979] 2 MLJ 170 [1981] 1 MLJ 222 [1983] 2 MLJ 116 [1985] 2 MLJ 385 [1994] 4 CLJ 285 [1997] 1 MLJ 94 [2002] 4 MLJ 529 [2004] 4 CLJ 194 [2006] 4 CLJ 195 [2006] 6 MLJ 97 [2010] 6 CLJ 204 [2012] 1 CLJ 49 [2021] 2 MLJ 60 [2021] 6 MLJ 348 [2021] 8 CLJ 409 [2022] 1 MLJ 778