Tiew Poh Nee
About Tiew Poh Nee
Tiew Poh Nee appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYHC (3) and MYFC (1).
On the court record
The reported matters concentrate on serious criminal defence at trial and on appeal, including a Federal Court sexual-offence appeal, grounded in the judgments.
Tiew Poh Nee's reported matters are in criminal defence, spanning a sexual-offence appeal at the apex court and a multi-accused trial in the High Court. A Federal Court appeal concerned a conviction for rape under section 376(1) of the Penal Code, and turned on the procedures under section 265A of the Criminal Procedure Code, including whether those provisions had been properly invoked. Appearing for the appellant, the Federal Court found the conviction and the sentence appropriate, affirmed the sentence and dismissed the appeal, in a matter that engaged both the substantive offence and the procedural safeguards that govern the conduct of such a trial.
At first instance, she appeared for the accused in a substantial High Court trial involving several accused persons and a prosecution conducted by the customs authority. After considering the submissions of both sides, the Court convicted the first accused on all three charges and the third accused on the second and third charges, while dealing with the remaining accused according to the evidence against each, so that the outcome differed from one accused to another.
A thread across these decisions is the defence of individuals facing serious charges at both ends of the court system, from a sexual-offence conviction tested at the Federal Court on substantive and procedural grounds, to a multi-accused trial where the evidence had to be weighed separately against each defendant. The reported work is thus concentrated in serious criminal defence, argued at trial in the High Court and on appeal before the Federal Court of Malaysia, and turning on the sufficiency of the evidence and the observance of the statutory procedures that protect an accused. The matters illustrate how a defence must engage both the facts and the rules that govern how a criminal trial is run, and how the position of one accused in a joint trial can differ markedly from that of another once the evidence is weighed separately.
How many cases has Tiew Poh Nee appeared in?
Tiew Poh Nee appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Tiew Poh Nee appear in?
Tiew Poh Nee appears before MYHC (3) and MYFC (1).
What kind of work do Tiew Poh Nee's reported cases involve?
They are criminal-defence matters, including a Federal Court appeal against a rape conviction under section 376(1) of the Penal Code and a multi-accused High Court trial arising from a customs prosecution, in which she appeared for the accused.
What did the Federal Court decide in the sexual-offence appeal?
Appearing for the appellant, the Federal Court found the conviction and sentence appropriate, affirmed the sentence and dismissed the appeal, in a matter engaging section 376(1) of the Penal Code and the procedures under section 265A of the Criminal Procedure Code.
How were the accused dealt with in the multi-accused High Court trial?
The Court convicted the first accused on all three charges and the third accused on the second and third charges, while dealing with the remaining accused according to the evidence against each, so that the outcome differed from one accused to another.