Pendakwa Raya v MAILESI PHIRI

05rj-9-11-2024p Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) 11 November 2025 • 05(RJ)-9-11/2024(P) • 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 Mailesi Phiri Respondent

Case Significance

Pendakwa Raya v MAILESI PHIRI is a Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) decision dated November 11, 2025 (citation: 05rj-9-11-2024p). <p>This case was heard together with 05(RJ)-7-11/2024(W) involving the same legal issue of whether the Federal Court retains jurisdiction to review a death sentence after royal pardon has been granted. The Public Prosecutor's review application concerning Mailesi Phiri, a Zambian national convicted of a capital offence, was allowed on the same grounds as the lead case. The Federal Court held that the respondents' avenue lies in petitioning the Pardons Boards rather than seeking judicial review o 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

This case was heard together with 05(RJ)-7-11/2024(W) involving the same legal issue of whether the Federal Court retains jurisdiction to review a death sentence after royal pardon has been granted. The Public Prosecutor's review application concerning Mailesi Phiri, a Zambian national convicted of a capital offence, was allowed on the same grounds as the lead case. The Federal Court held that the respondents' avenue lies in petitioning the Pardons Boards rather than seeking judicial review of already-commuted sentences.

What was the outcome of Pendakwa Raya v MAILESI PHIRI?

<p>This case was heard together with 05(RJ)-7-11/2024(W) involving the same legal issue of whether the Federal Court retains jurisdiction to review a ...

Cases Cited (24)

UK (7)

[1910] AC 444 [1948] Ch 145 [1951] All ER 839 [1976] 1 All ER 353 [1980] 1 WLR 142 [1980] 3 WLR 209 [1983] 2 WLR 16

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