Afifuddin Hafifi
About Afifuddin Hafifi
Afifuddin Hafifi appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2026). These were heard before MYCOA (3).
On the court record
The reported matters concentrate on appellate criminal defence in murder and drug-trafficking cases, grounded in Court of Appeal judgments.
Afifuddin Hafifi's reported matters are criminal-defence appeals in serious offences, argued before the Court of Appeal. A homicide appeal illustrates the work: the accused had been charged with murder under section 302 of the Penal Code and also with voluntarily causing grievous hurt, the charges concerning two different victims, and the appeal was against both conviction and sentence. Appearing for the appellant, the Court found the conviction safe to affirm and, on sentence, found no error by the trial judge, noting in particular that the victims were two separate persons, so that the sentence was commensurate with the offences; the appeal against sentence was dealt with accordingly.
The profile also includes a capital drug appeal. There the accused had been charged with trafficking in dangerous drugs under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and punished under section 39B(2). Appearing for the appellant, the Court held that the conviction was safe to affirm and unanimously dismissed the appeal against conviction; on sentence, it noted that the punishment imposed was the most minimal imprisonment and whipping provided by law, so that there was no basis to interfere further.
A thread across these decisions is the appellate testing of the gravest charges, murder and capital drug trafficking, where the defence must probe both the safety of the conviction and the propriety of the sentence, and where the Court's willingness to affirm turns on whether the trial court's findings and its exercise of the sentencing power can withstand scrutiny. The reported work is thus concentrated in serious criminal defence, argued before the Court of Appeal of Malaysia in appeals against conviction and sentence, and grounded in the judgments themselves rather than any ranking. The matters illustrate how a single appeal can attack both the finding of guilt and the punishment that follows.
How many cases has Afifuddin Hafifi appeared in?
Afifuddin Hafifi appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2026).
Which courts does Afifuddin Hafifi appear in?
Afifuddin Hafifi appears before MYCOA (3).
What kind of work do Afifuddin Hafifi's reported cases involve?
They are criminal-defence appeals before the Court of Appeal in serious offences, including a murder charge under section 302 of the Penal Code with a related grievous-hurt charge, and a capital drug-trafficking charge under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
What did the Court of Appeal decide in the homicide appeal?
Appearing for the appellant, the Court found the conviction safe to affirm and found no error in the sentence, noting the victims were two separate persons so the sentence was commensurate with the offences.
What did the Court note about sentence in the drug appeal?
It held the conviction was safe, dismissed the appeal against conviction, and observed that the imprisonment and whipping imposed were the most minimal provided by law, so there was no basis to interfere further.