Iznina Hanim binti Hashim

On the court record

A prosecution practice focused on anti-trafficking-in-persons offences under Act 670, at trial and on appeal.

Iznina Hanim binti Hashim appears for the prosecution in the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) and the Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan), and the reported decisions concentrate on anti-trafficking-in-persons enforcement. The charges arise under "seksyen 26B(d) Akta Anti Pemerdagangan Orang" — section 26B(d) of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 (Act 670) — together with related provisions of the same Act and, in some matters, offences read with the common-intention provision in "seksyen 34 Kanun Keseksaan" (section 34 of the Penal Code).

A notable feature is the appellate-procedure question that recurs in these matters: whether the Court of Appeal can strike out an appeal, and what follows if it has struck out an appeal — a question about the scope of the appellate court's power to dispose of a case without a full hearing on the merits. The reported decisions also engage the procedural provisions that govern the conduct of a trafficking prosecution, including the sections addressing the framing of charges and the taking of evidence.

The profile is a focused prosecution practice in human-trafficking and migrant-smuggling offences, conducted at both the trial and appellate levels. The matters turn on proof of the statutory elements of the Act 670 offences, the correct framing of the charge, and the procedural questions — including the striking out of appeals — that determine how these serious prosecutions are brought to a conclusion. Because the matters run at both trial and appellate level, the practice engages the full arc of a trafficking-in-persons prosecution, from the framing and proof of the Act 670 charge in the High Court to the appellate questions, including the striking out of appeals, that decide whether a conviction ultimately stands. The recurring statutory anchor is Act 670 and the provisions that structure a trafficking-in-persons charge, read where necessary with the common-intention provision of the Penal Code.