MAUNG ZAW WIN v Pendakwa Raya [Timbalan Pendakwa Raya (TPR), Jabatan Peguam Negara]

k-05h-320-08-2023 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 20 April 2025 • K-05(H)-320-08/2023 • 20 min read

9 cases cited (0 SG, 9 foreign)

Catchwords

Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman – Pertuduhan kesalahan membunuh di bawah seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan – Sama ada pihak pendakwaan dikatakan gagal membuktikan bahawa Perayu telah mengakibatkan bencana tubuh yang dialami oleh si mati – Ketiadaan saksi mata – Sama ada YA HMT telah terkhilaf dalam menerima doktrin “last seen together” - Terdapat “proximity of time gap” – Sama ada YA HMT terkhilaf dalam menerima keterangan DNA si mati yang dijumpai pada pakaian Perayu

Practice Areas

Criminal Procedure Criminal Law

Judges (3)

Ahmad Zaidi bin Ibrahim Coram Azmi bin Ariffin Coram Noorin binti Badaruddin Delivered

Counsel (5)

Ai Cha Ran & Co Firm Ai Chan Ran a/l Din Chee Ran Counsel Appellant Nik Mohd Fadli bin Nik Azlan Counsel Prosecution Surachetth Jotsuwan a/l Ai Cha Ran Counsel Appellant Zaki Asyraf Bin Zubir Counsel Prosecution

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Maung Zaw Win Appellant

Summary

The appellant, a Myanmar national, appealed his conviction for murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code for killing his co-worker at a pau-making premises in Sungai Petani. The prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence including the 'last seen together' doctrine, the victim's DNA on the appellant's clothing, and eyewitness testimony of a struggle. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding the trial judge properly evaluated the evidence and the conviction and sentence of 35 years imprisonment with 18 strokes were safe.

Cases Cited (9)

MY (9)

[1960] MLJ 296 [1962] MLJ 307 [1966] 2 MLJ 195 [1968] 1 MLJ 36 [1987] 1 CLJ 259 [1999] 2 MLJ 1 [2005] 1 CLJ 85 [2005] 3 CLJ 592 [2014] 7 CLJ 380

Judgment

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