Hazlina binti Hussain
About J Hazlina binti Hussain
Hazlina binti Hussain has 67 reported Malaysia decisions (2025–2026). These were decided across MYHC (67). By subject matter, the largest shares are Criminal Procedure (67), Criminal Law (52) and Evidence (7). Of these, 67 as the delivering judge.
On the judicial record
A High Court judge whose reported corpus concentrates on grave narcotics trials and preventive-detention challenges, and the evidential and constitutional safeguards that govern them.
Justice Hazlina binti Hussain sits in the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi), and the reported decisions in this corpus are strongly criminal, dominated by serious narcotics trials and preventive-detention challenges, with many judgments written in Bahasa Malaysia. Drug-trafficking trials under seksyen 39B Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 (section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952) recur across the docket, frequently on charges of trafficking in cannabis and with possession charges under seksyen 12(2). The judgments work closely through the elements the prosecution must prove — whether a kes prima facie (a prima facie case) has been established, whether possession, custody and control are made out, and in particular whether the chain of evidence of the exhibits — the rantaian keterangan barang kes (the chain of evidence of the case exhibits) — has been broken where the raiding officer failed to mark the recovered items.
Several trials involve multiple accused charged jointly, requiring the court to assess whether a particular accused was connected to the trafficking, and one matter combines a charge under section 39B(1)(a) with a firearms charge under the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act, raising both the possession of the drugs and the statutory presumptions.
The corpus also engages criminal procedure and public law. A habeas corpus application challenges a preventive-detention order, raising whether a mistake by the Home Minister's inquiry officer in referring to the wrong date of the police investigation vitiated the detention. Prosecution appeals from the Sessions Court also feature, including an appeal against an acquittal on a charge under section 12(1)(f) of the Passport Act 1966, where the court considered whether the Sessions Court had correctly found the prosecution's case wanting. The corpus reflects a High Court judge whose reported work is concentrated in grave criminal trials and the safeguards — evidential and constitutional — that govern them, with the integrity of the exhibit chain and the sufficiency of the prosecution's proof recurring as the decisive issues.
How many cases has Hazlina binti Hussain decided?
Hazlina binti Hussain has 67 reported Malaysia decisions (2025–2026), 67 of them as the delivering judge.
Which courts does Hazlina binti Hussain sit in?
Hazlina binti Hussain sits in MYHC (67).
What dominates Justice Hazlina binti Hussain's reported decisions?
Serious criminal work — narcotics trials under section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, often on cannabis-trafficking charges with multiple accused, and preventive-detention challenges by way of habeas corpus — much of it in Bahasa Malaysia.
What evidential question recurs in the drug trials?
Whether the chain of evidence of the case exhibits (rantaian keterangan barang kes) has been broken — for example where the raiding officer failed to mark the recovered items — which can be fatal to proof of a prima facie case.