Devandran S. Subramaniam
About Devandran S. Subramaniam
Devandran S. Subramaniam appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYCOA (3).
On the court record
Devandran S. Subramaniam appears in the corpus in appellate criminal defence, appearing for the appellant in a group of related Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) appeals that arose from the same underlying prosecution. The appeals were against conviction and sentence on charges combining offences under the Penal Code with an offence under anti-money-laundering legislation: criminal breach of trust under section 405 of the Penal Code, dishonest misappropriation of property under section 403, a charge of abetment, and an offence under section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001. The argument on appeal was directed at the foundations of the conviction. It asked whether the trial judge had erred in failing to find that no offence was disclosed on the charges even assuming the whole of the prosecution evidence stood unrebutted and unexplained; whether the judge had erred in failing to assess the credibility of the principal prosecution witnesses; and whether the judge had failed to take into consideration and appreciate the ingredients and statutory requirements of each offence charged. As the appeals were heard together and flowed from a single set of charges, they amount to one sustained appellate challenge in a serious white-collar prosecution, contesting both the legal sufficiency of the case at the close of the prosecution and the manner in which the evidence was evaluated. Because the money-laundering count under section 4(1)(b) is tied to the proceeds of an unlawful activity, the appeal's attack on the criminal breach of trust and misappropriation charges carried a wider significance: if the predicate offences were not made out, the foundation for the money-laundering charge built upon them would be correspondingly weakened. The profile is that of defence counsel engaged at the appellate level in a criminal breach of trust and money-laundering matter, where the correct identification of the elements of the offences and the proper scrutiny of witness credibility are at the centre of the dispute.
How many cases has Devandran S. Subramaniam appeared in?
Devandran S. Subramaniam appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Devandran S. Subramaniam appear in?
Devandran S. Subramaniam appears before MYCOA (3).
In what capacity and court does Devandran S. Subramaniam appear here?
For the appellant in a group of related Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) appeals against conviction and sentence, arising from a single prosecution for criminal breach of trust and money laundering and heard together.
What were the central appellate arguments?
Whether the trial judge erred in not finding that no offence was disclosed even on unrebutted prosecution evidence, whether he failed to assess the credibility of the main prosecution witnesses, and whether he failed to appreciate the ingredients and requirements of the offences under sections 405 and 403 of the Penal Code and section 4(1)(b) of the anti-money-laundering Act.