ONG SIM WEI v Pendakwa Raya

ta-42s-7-12-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 6 May 2026 • TA-42S-7-12/2024 • 21 min read
21 cases cited (0 SG, 21 foreign)

Outcome

(2) The conviction entered at the conclusion of the trial was safe and proper.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (ta-42s-7-12-2024). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Criminal Law — Dangerous Drugs — Possession — Methamphetamine — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Whether prima facie case established at close of prosecution's case — Whether conviction safe — Whether sentence manifestly excessive — Sections 12(2), 37(d) and 39A(2) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 — Section 173(m)(i) Criminal Procedure Code Criminal Procedure — Appeal — Findings of fact — Appellate intervention — Principles governing appellate court's interference with trial court's findings — Duty to intervene where trial court fundamentally misdirected itself

Practice Areas

Criminal Procedure Criminal Law

Judges (1)

Yusrin Faidz bin Yusoff Delivered

Counsel (2)

Pejabat Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Terengganu Firm Noradila Binti Ab Latif Counsel Prosecution

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Ong Sim Wei Appellant

Statutes Cited

Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 593)
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Cap 234)

Cases Cited (21)

MY (21)
[1956] 1 MLJ 237 [1956] 2 MLJ 237 [1962] 1 MLJ 257 [1975] 2 MLJ 117 [1980] 2 MLJ 195 [1982] 1 MLJ 83 [1982] 2 MLJ 324 [1983] 2 MLJ 172 [1985] 1 MLJ 234 [1991] 1 CLJ 58 [1993] 4 CLJ 1 [1995] 3 MLJ 395 [2002] 1 CLJ 761 [2002] 3 CLJ 457 [2002] 3 MLJ 695 [2003] 1 CLJ 734 [2003] 4 CLJ 609 [2005] 1 CLJ 85 [2010] 1 CLJ 541 [2011] 4 CLJ 113 [2014] 6 CLJ 64

Judgment

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Read on eJudgment

Source: eJudgment (ta-42s-7-12-2024)