Goh Cia Yee
About Goh Cia Yee
Goh Cia Yee appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYCOA (4).
On the court record
Goh Cia Yee's reported practice, on this record, is criminal appellate defence, appearing in the Court of Appeal for accused persons as the appellant in drug-trafficking matters. Some of the judgments are delivered in Bahasa Malaysia.
The work is concentrated on trafficking under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under section 39B(2). In one appeal the court had found the accused guilty at the conclusion of the trial because he had failed to rebut the presumption of trafficking and had not raised a reasonable doubt on the prosecution's case, and the appeal engaged the adequacy of the grounds of judgment and the pre-conditions for the admissibility of certain evidence.
A group of related appeals, argued together, advanced a familiar but demanding set of trafficking defences: the absence of the accused's knowledge of the drugs found and of their true nature, the defence of an innocent carrier ("pembawa tidak bersalah"), duress, and whether an Alcontara notice ("Notis Alcontara" — notice identifying a third party said to be responsible) had been given.
Because several of these matters were heard as a coordinated set, they show counsel working one tightly defined area of the criminal law — the elements of trafficking under section 39B(1)(a), the operation of the statutory presumption, and the recognised defences of innocent carriage and duress — across more than one accused at once. On this record the practice is focused, appellate criminal defence in the Court of Appeal, directed at testing whether the prosecution truly proved knowledge and possession, or relied instead on a presumption the accused was given no fair opportunity to displace, on behalf of persons facing the gravest penalties. It is defence work argued wholly in the Court of Appeal, where a coordinated group of appeals lets one line of argument on knowledge, the presumption and the recognised defences be pressed for several accused at once.
How many cases has Goh Cia Yee appeared in?
Goh Cia Yee appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Goh Cia Yee appear in?
Goh Cia Yee appears before MYCOA (4).
What does Goh Cia Yee's record show him doing?
Criminal appellate defence in the Court of Appeal, acting for accused persons as the appellant in drug-trafficking matters under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under section 39B(2).
What defences were run in the trafficking appeals?
The absence of the accused's knowledge of the drugs and of their true nature, the defence of an innocent carrier ("pembawa tidak bersalah"), duress, and whether an Alcontara notice identifying a third party had been given — together with, in one appeal, the adequacy of the grounds of judgment and the pre-conditions for admitting certain evidence.
How did the presumption of trafficking feature?
In one appeal the court had convicted the accused because he failed to rebut the presumption of trafficking and did not raise a reasonable doubt on the prosecution's case. The appeals test whether the prosecution proved knowledge and possession, or relied on a statutory presumption the accused had no fair opportunity to displace.