Shamugasundram a/l Perumal v Public Prosecutor (and 3 Other Appeals) [2023] 4 AMR 809, CA

Dangerous drugs – Appeal – Appeal against conviction and sentence – Offences of trafficking – Accused arrested red-handed by police officers acting as agent provocateurs – All accused convicted under s 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and sentenced to death – Whether conviction and sentence safe – Criminal Procedure Code, s 182A – Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, ss 2, 39B(1)(a) – Evidence Act 1950, ss 114(g), 121-131, 148, 149, 165, 165(ii) – Penal Code, s 34

ICO v AKU [2023] 4 AMR 837, HC

Family law – Divorce – Petition – Petition by husband and cross-petition by wife for dissolution of marriage and division of matrimonial assets – Wife further claimed spousal maintenance and damages for contracting herpes allegedly sexually transmitted by husband – Whether husband or wife responsible for breakdown of marriage – Whether wife entitled to damages and/or spousal maintenance – Manner of division of matrimonial assets – Divorce and Matrimonial Proceedings Rules 1980 – Evidence Act 1950, s 103 – Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, ss 53, 54(1)(b), 76 – Married Women Act 1957, s 4A

Mihrab bin Kagiau & Anor v Kanidi bin Jampi [2023] 4 AMR 859, HC

Land law – Trespass – Native customary land – Appeal against – Sessions Court allowed registered owner's claim for trespass and vacant possession of land – Occupiers of land alleged they were legal and beneficial owners of land by virtue of their native customary rights ("NCR") or customary tenure – Whether occupiers trespassed on land – Whether occupiers' alleged rights over land could prevail over registered owner's – Whether court precluded from considering alleged issues – Land Ordinance (Cap 68) (Sabah), s 14 – Rules of Court 2012, Order 55 r 2 – Syariah Court Enactment 2004, s 11(3)(b)(v)

Peter Chang Nyuk Ming v Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & 3 Ors [2023] 4 AMR 869, HC

Criminal procedure – Habeas corpus – Application for – Applicant not under physical detention at the time application filed – Pursuant to suspension of detention order, applicant put under police surveillance and restricted residence at a district – Whether applicant used correct mode to challenge restriction order – Whether detention illegal, null, and void – Whether applicant's freedom to movement under suspension of detention order amounted to any form of imprisonment and confinement – Whether writ of habeas corpus available to applicant – Criminal Procedure Code, s 365 – Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 – Federal Constitution – Rules of Court 2012, Order 53

Rosalind Tan Kheng Suan v Peguam Negara Malaysia & 4 Ors [2023] 4 AMR 880, HC

Administrative law – Remedies – Judicial review – Application to obtain order of certiorari to quash notices of release of property (money) issued under s 60(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 ("AMLATFPUA") – Whether notices of release of property ought to be quashed – Whether principles of natural justice infringed – Whether notices violated ex parte court order obtained after issuance of seizure order under s 50(1) of the AMLATFPUA – Whether judicial review application defective – Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, ss 50(1), 54(3), 55, 56, 60, 60(1)