Dato' Yusaini Amer bin Abdul Karim
About Dato' Yusaini Amer bin Abdul Karim
Dato' Yusaini Amer bin Abdul Karim appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYCOA (4).
On the court record
Dato' Yusaini Amer bin Abdul Karim appears in the reported decisions as prosecution counsel, acting for the Public Prosecutor (Pendakwa Raya) in a coordinated group of criminal appeals in the Court of Appeal.
The appeals concern charges under "seksyen 26B(d) Akta Anti Pemerdagangan Orang dan Anti Penyeludupan Migran 2007" (section 26B(d) of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007, Act 670), read together with "seksyen 34 Kanun Keseksaan" (section 34 of the Penal Code — common intention). Arising from a single prosecution against several accused, they were heard together as a set, with the prosecution appealing the outcome below.
A distinctive feature of these matters is the dense procedural and protective architecture the smuggling prosecution engages. The appeals draw on section 170 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Witness Protection Act 2009 and the giving of evidence in a special manner so that a participant's identity is not disclosed in the proceedings, and section 14 of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 — the security legislation that governs how such a trial is conducted and how sensitive witnesses are shielded.
Because the matters were argued as a coordinated group arising from the same facts, they show counsel working a single, tightly defined area — the elements of the migrant-smuggling offence read with common intention, and the special evidentiary and witness-protection regime that surrounds it — across several accused at once. On this record the practice is criminal appellate work on the prosecution side, at the intersection of anti-smuggling offences, security legislation and the special measures for protecting witnesses, where the recurring task is to defend the way the prosecution's case and its protected evidence were presented and to press the appeal against the decision below. It is prosecution work in a specialised corner of the criminal law, where the evidence is protected and the procedure exceptional.
How many cases has Dato' Yusaini Amer bin Abdul Karim appeared in?
Dato' Yusaini Amer bin Abdul Karim appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Dato' Yusaini Amer bin Abdul Karim appear in?
Dato' Yusaini Amer bin Abdul Karim appears before MYCOA (4).
In what capacity does Dato' Yusaini Amer bin Abdul Karim appear in these decisions?
As prosecution counsel, acting for the Public Prosecutor (Pendakwa Raya) in a coordinated group of Court of Appeal criminal appeals under "seksyen 26B(d) Akta Anti Pemerdagangan Orang dan Anti Penyeludupan Migran 2007" (section 26B(d) of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007, Act 670).
What statutes do these appeals engage?
Section 26B(d) of Act 670 read with section 34 of the Penal Code, together with the procedural and protective framework — section 170 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Witness Protection Act 2009 and the giving of evidence in a special manner without disclosing a participant's identity, and section 14 of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012.
Why were the appeals heard together?
They arose from a single prosecution against several accused, so they were argued as a coordinated group, allowing one body of argument on the elements of the migrant-smuggling offence and the special witness-protection regime to be pressed across the linked appeals. He appeared for the prosecution.