Dato' Sukri bin Hj Mohamed
About Dato' Sukri bin Hj Mohamed
Dato' Sukri bin Hj Mohamed appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYHC (2) and MYCOA (2).
On the court record
Dato' Sukri bin Hj Mohamed's reported practice is in criminal defence, with a marked concentration in corruption and white-collar offences, appearing in the High Court and the Court of Appeal and acting for appellants and respondents. Several judgments are delivered in Bahasa Malaysia.
One matter concerns a public servant. Acting for an appellant on a charge under section 165 of the Penal Code — a public servant accepting a valuable thing without consideration — the appeal examined the ingredients of the offence, including whether the accused was a public servant, whether he accepted a valuable thing for himself without consideration, and whether he knew the intermediary had a connection with his official functions. A point of construction was whether the phrase "menyetuju terima" in the charge equates to "accepts" or only to "agrees to accept".
He also appears in prosecutions under the anti-corruption legislation. Acting for an appellant on a charge under section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, where the prosecution had established a prima facie case and the accused was convicted and sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of RM10,000, the appeal against conviction and sentence turned on whether the prosecution had proved the elements of the charge.
His appellate work also includes acting for a respondent in a Court of Appeal matter concerning abetment of criminal breach of trust under sections 109 and 409 of the Penal Code, where the failure to produce crucial documentary evidence — board-meeting minutes and audio recordings — was said to undermine the prosecution's case, engaging section 422 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The practice is criminal defence weighted towards corruption and breach-of-trust offences, argued at trial and on appeal. The recurring task is to test whether the prosecution has proved each ingredient of a corruption or breach-of-trust charge, and whether the documentary record it relies on — or fails to produce — can bear the weight the case places on it.
How many cases has Dato' Sukri bin Hj Mohamed appeared in?
Dato' Sukri bin Hj Mohamed appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Dato' Sukri bin Hj Mohamed appear in?
Dato' Sukri bin Hj Mohamed appears before MYHC (2) and MYCOA (2).
What does Dato' Sukri bin Hj Mohamed focus on in these decisions?
Criminal defence, with a concentration in corruption and white-collar offences. His matters include a charge under section 165 of the Penal Code against a public servant, a prosecution under section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, and an abetment-of-criminal-breach-of-trust matter under sections 109 and 409 of the Penal Code.
What point of construction arose in the section 165 matter?
Whether the phrase "menyetuju terima" in the charge equates to "accepts" or only to "agrees to accept", alongside the other ingredients of the offence under section 165 of the Penal Code — whether the accused was a public servant, whether he accepted a valuable thing for himself without consideration, and whether he knew the intermediary had a connection with his official functions. He acted for an appellant.
What was the anti-corruption matter about?
A charge under section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 in which the prosecution established a prima facie case and the accused was convicted and sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of RM10,000. The appeal against conviction and sentence, in which he acted for an appellant, turned on whether the prosecution had proved the elements of the charge.