Messrs. Azhier Arisin & Jaafar

Saksi utama yang juga pengadu kes gagal dikesan. Perintah pelepasan dipohon oleh pihak Pembelaan dan dibenarkan oleh Mahkamah. Walaubagaimanapun, pihak Pendakwaan boleh mendakwa semula sekiranya saksi utama berjaya dikesan.

Messrs. Azhier Arisin & Jaafar Azhier Arisin & Co. is a boutique law firm based in Sabah, Malaysia.

“The state AGC has taken over the full conduct and care of the matter,” Nor Asiah said in a statement.

It was learned that the state government had also terminated Fuad’s services in the case.

Law firm no longer representing Sabah in 40% revenue challenge This comes after the state-appointed legal counsel presented arguments which seemed to contradict the Sabah government’s official stand on the special grant.

Baru-baru ini, kita dikejutkan dengan berita mengenai kejadian pembunuhan seorang kanak-kanak lelaki di sebuah Kolej Vokasional di Lahad Datu, Sabah.

Insiden tragis ini melibatkan 13 kanak-kanak lelaki yang telah disyaki dan dituduh di mahkamah majistret atas tuduhan membunuh.

Namun, terdapat kekeliruan dan spekulasi di kalangan orang ramai mengenai kenapa wajah 13 suspek kanak-kanak ini tidak dipaparkan di mana-mana berita. Adakah mereka dilindungi undang-undang?

Mengapa Gambar Suspek Kanak-Kanak BUNUH Dilindungi di Malaysia? — Azhier Arisin & Jaafar - Advocates & Solicitors | Peguambela & Peguamcara Baru-baru ini, masyarakat Malaysia dikejutkan dengan berita mengenai kejadian pembunuhan seorang kanak-kanak lelaki di sebuah Kolej Vokasional di Lahad Datu, Sabah. Insiden tragis ini melibatkan 13 kanak-kanak lelaki yang telah disyaki dan dituduh di mahkamah majistret atas tuduhan membunuh. Namun,

Mahkamah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu membebaskan seorang lelaki tempatan daripada tuduhan mengedar 101.83 gram methamphetamine di Kg. Sembulan Tengah, tiga tahun lalu tanpa dipanggil untuk membela diri.

Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman Amelati Parnell memutuskan pendakwaan telah gagal membuktikan kes prima facie terhadap Al Aznher di bawah Seksyen 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya.

Al Aznher bin Ahmad, 40, yang berada dalam kandang tertuduh sebak selepas keputusan dibacakan Amelati. Kelihatan keluarganya yang berada di galeri awam turut berpelukan susulan keputusan itu.

Dalam alasan penghakiman ringkasnya, Amelati berkata setelah penilaian maksima terhadap semua keterangan saksi dan ekshibit yang dikemukakan dan selepas mendengar hujahan daripada timbalan pendakwa raya serta peguam bela tertuduh, mahkamah berpuas hati pendakwaan telah gagal membuktikan bahawa tertuduh mempunyai pengetahuan, kawalan dan milikan terhadap dadah yang disembunyikan di dalam sebuah kereta.

Perbicaraan yang berlangsung pada 23 Februari 2023 dan berakhir pada 8 Disember 2023 menyaksikan pihak pendakwaan memanggil 6 saksi pendakwaan dan mengemukakan 19 ekshibit fizikal kepada mahkamah.

Al Aznher didakwa mengikut Seksyen 39B (1) (A) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 dan sabit kesalahan boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 39B (2) akta sama yang memperuntukkan hukuman mati atau penjara seumur hidup dan minimum 12 sebatan. Pendakwaan dijalankan oleh Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Rustam Sanip dan Adibah Saiful Bahri manakala tertuduh diwakili Azhier Farhan.

"After giving a maximum evaluation of all evidence adduced at the end of the prosecution's case, the court finds that the prosecution has not adduced credible evidence proving each ingredient of the offence of trafficking under Section 39(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA) 1952 which, if unrebutted or unexplained, would warrant a conviction.

"Based on the aforesaid reasons, the court finds that a prima facie case has not been made out against the accused. In these circumstances, the accused is discharged and acquitted without calling for his defence," said the judge.

Man acquitted of drug trafficking | New Straits Times KOTA KINABALU: A construction worker described the High Court's decision to acquit him as "a meaningful Hari Raya Aidilfitri gift" after he was freed on a drug trafficking charge.

Sisal was accused of murdering Mohamad Nizam Khairul, 19, between 8.30pm and 9pm on Feb 18, 2018, in front of the ASNB Asia City, near the Restoran Ibunda, Singgah Mata, Asia City.

Sisal Benigno, who escaped the gallows, was seen crying and kneeling in the dock.

Counsel Shahlan Jufri, Mohd Luqman Syazwan Zabidi and Andryeno Thomas represented Sisal.

Man escapes gallows, acquitted of murdering cook | New Straits Times KOTA KINABALU: A man shed tears of relief after he was acquitted by the High Court here of murdering a restaurant cook five years ago.

Dalam permohonan tersebut, KOPEKS mendakwa pemilik tanah tersebut gagal menjelaskan perkaitan komplot salah guna kuasa oleh SKM, bekas Pengarah SKM Sabah dan KOPEKS dalam membubarkan Ahli Lembaga Koperasi (ALK) sehingga menyebabkan perjanjian jual beli tanah itu dibatalkan.

“I feel like I died and came back to life.”

Safiah Alijang was acquitted by the Special Corruption Court after the court ruled the prosecution has failed to establish a prima facie case.

In his broad grounds of decision earlier, Judge Abu Bakar said the evidence was clear in that the accused was not the person who made the false entry into the NRD’s iJPN system.

Accordingly, he added, the accused cannot be said to “make the false document” and commit forgery.

He said the prosecution also failed to resolve the contradiction of evidence among the prosecution witnesses.

Judge Abu Bakar said in such a case where the prosecution led with two sets of evidence, each of which contradicts and strikes at the other, the court was left with no reliable and trustworthy evidence upon which a conviction of the accused might be based.

Corruption court acquits NRD official of issuing fake MyKad charge KOTA KINABALU: A mother of nine cried tears of joy after the Special Corruption Court here cleared the National Registration Department (NRD) assistant registrar of a charge of issuing a fake identity card on Tuesday (Sept 27).

“On the facts and circumstances of this case, by having a momentary custody over it, the accused could not be said to be in physical possession of the eight packages. It could not have given rise to the inference that the said drugs belonged to the accused,” held Amelati.

7kg Syabu: Man walks free | Daily Express Online - Sabah's Leading News Portal A 28-year-old cook walked out a free man after the High Court here discharged and acquitted him from a charge of trafficking 7,158.6gm of syabu

Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk Nurchaya Arshad di dalam penghakiman beliau bersetuju dengan hujahan peguam bela pemohon bahawa tiada peruntukan undang-undang khusus memberi kuasa kepada mahkamah untuk memerintahkan pesalah yang telah selesai menjalani hukuman dirujuk ke Jabatan Imigresen.

Warga Bangladesh berjaya ketepi perintah rujuk ke imigresen — Azhier Arisin & Jaafar - Advocates & Solicitors | Peguambela & Peguamcara Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk Nurchaya Arshad di dalam penghakiman beliau bersetuju dengan hujahan peguam bela pemohon, Azhier Farhan Arisin bahawa tiada peruntukan undang-undang khusus memberi kuasa kepada mahkamah untuk memerintahkan pesalah yang telah selesai menjalani hukuman dirujuk ke Jabatan Im

Majistret Afiq Agoes dalam penghakimannya berkata kegagalan pihak pendakwaan mengemukakan pertuduhan pindaan dengan menyatakan kandungan secara tepat berat bersih dadah mengakibatkan padah (fatal) kepada kes pendakwaan.

Terdahulu, Nasrul yang menghadapi dua pertuduhan bersabit syabu diarahkan membela diri pada 25 Jun 2020 atas pertuduhan memiliki dadah setelah mahkamah berpuas hati pihak pendakwaan berjaya membuktikan kes prima facie terhadap Nasrul namun dibebaskan atas satu lagi pertuduhan lain di bawah seksyen 15(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 selepas Mahkamah mendapati terdapat keraguan di dalam prosedur pengambilan spesimen air kencing tertuduh.

Notis Penutupan Mahkamah Kota Kinabalu sepanjang tempoh PKP 3.0

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir dan Batin. May the auspicious occasion of Eid bless you with peace and bring joy to your heart and home.

Mahkamah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu membenarkan rayuan Mohd Faizal Mohd Yatim dengan mengetepikan hukuman penjara 6 tahun serta 1 sebatan oleh Mahkamah Sesyen Kota Kinabalu setelah mendapati hakim Mahkamah Sesyen terkhilaf menerima rekod sabitan lampau sebagai keterangan dan dasar yang mencetuskan penggunaan seksyen 39C(1) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952, sedangkan jelas sekali bahawa rekod sabitan lampau tersebut gagal mematuhi syarat ketat di bawah seksyen 400 Kanun Tatacara Jenayah dan seksyen 10 Akta Pendaftaran Penjenayah dan Orang Yang Tidak DI-ingini 1969.

“Azhier submitted that Section 10(1)(b) of the Registration of the Criminals and Undesirable Persons Act 1969 (Act 7) specifies that proof of previous convictions can only be admitted as evidence if: the extract is based on entries from the register, and certified by the Registrar to be so extracted.

In the present case, as evidenced from the PCR, it is merely a record prepared by a Registrar of subordinate court,” said Azhier and submitting further that Section 2 of Act 7 did not include Registrar of subordinate court within the meaning of “Registrar”.

He added that Registrar for the purpose of the Act 7 refers to officers appointed by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong and published in a Federal Gazette under Section 3 of Act 7.

He further submitted that perusal of Federal Gazette P.U (B) 581/2020 did not specify that the said Registrar of subordinate court has been appointed as Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Criminals.

Accordingly, the extract prepared by the said Registrar cannot be taken as an extract retrived from “the register” within the meaning of Section 10 of the Act 7, he said.

“On this ground alone, there is insufficiency of evidence to convict the appellant under Section 15(1)(a) of the DDA and punished under Section 39C(1) of the DDA for it is not established that the appellant had two previous convictions under Section 15(1)(a) of the DDA,” submitted Azhier.

Tertuduh yang dibebaskan dengan pertuduhan memiliki 8.65 gram dadah jenis kanabis walaubagaimanapun menghadapi satu lagi pertuduhan mengedar 200.08 gram dadah jenis kanabis di bawah seksyen 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 dan masih menunggu tarikh perbicaraan di Mahkamah Tinggi.

Penerimaan masuk sebagai Peguambela dan Peguamcara baharu di Mahkamah Tinggi Sabah dan Sarawak itu dibuat julung-julung kalinya melalui sidang video di hadapan Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Tuan Ismail Brahim.

Pendengaran penerimaan masuk sebagai Peguambela dan Peguamcara adalah langkah terakhir yang perlu dilalui oleh pelatih dalam kamar (pupil in chambers) sebelum mereka layak didaftaraikan dan beramal sebagai peguam di negeri Sabah.

Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen Azreena Aziz membebaskan Nor Affandy Jemah daripada tuduhan itu selepas memutuskan bahawa pendakwaan gagal mewujudkan kes prima facie terhadapnya.

Nor Affandy dituduh memiliki dadah jenis kanabis itu pada pukul 11.30 pada 2 Januari 2020 di hadapan sebuah rumah di Taman Jumbo, Jalan Putatan Petagas.

Kesalahan di bawah Seksyen 12(2) Akta Dadah Berbahaya itu boleh dihukum di bawah Seksyen 39(2)(f) Akta sama yang memperuntukkan hukuman penjara antara lima tahun dan penjara seumur hidup, serta sekurang-kurangnya 10 sebatan rotan, jika sabit kesalahan.

Lima saksi pendakwaan dipanggil untuk memberi keterangan semasa perbicaraan. Peguam Azhier Farhan mewakili Nor Affendy.

UPDATE/KEMASKINI: PKPB Sabah dilanjutkan sehingga 26.10.2020.

Bagi mematuhi Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat oleh Kerajaan Malaysia, firma guaman kami serta perkhidmatan-perkhidmatan lain kecuali perkhidmatan perlu diarahkan ditutup bermula daripada 07.10.2020 sehingga 20.10.2020.

Sepanjang tempoh tersebut, firma guaman kami akan beroperasi secara maya daripada rumah dan akan menerima temujanji konsultasi melalui atas talian.

Justiciability determines whether there is a potential availability of judicial review of the exercise of the prerogative power by the Governor (“TYT”).

In our present context, can the exercise of discretionary power by the Governor to dissolve the Assembly at the request of the Chief Minister be reviewed by the court? In layman’s term, can Tan Sri Musa Aman (“TSMA”) challenge the decision by TYT to dissolve the State Assembly?

The chief complaint by TSMA is that he had the majority to form a new government, but he was denied so. In what manner he was denied? TYT granted request by the Chief Minister to dissolve the Assembly without affording TSMA the right for an audience to present Statutory Declarations proving his majority.

In essence, his right to be heard was violated against the principle of natural justice. Because of this purported violation, TSMA filed an application to review the exercise of the prerogative power by TYT to dissolve the Assembly.

The State Attorney General representing TYT and the Chief Minister may argue that TYT has the absolute power to dissolve the Assembly which cannot be questioned in court of law.

The common law position in respect of whether prerogatives susceptible to judicial review can be found in these two earlier cases; Case of Prohibitions (1607) 77 ER 1342 and the Case of Proclamations (1611) 77 ER 1352. Both cases determined that the existence and scope of a prerogative can be tested by the courts.

In the Case of Prohibitions (1607) 77 ER 134, the claim of King James I that it was his prerogative to hear law suits himself and that he could prohibit the courts from hearing a case depending on his decision to dispose of the case himself. It was held by Chief Justice Coke that it was not part of the royal prerogative to dispense justice and that the right to hear and adjudicate cases belonged to the courts of judicature.

In the Case of Proclamations (1611) 77 ER 1352, the king purported to make a law forbidding the construction of new buildings in London. The court held that the royal prerogative did not include the power to make law. Consequently, the prohibition against the construction of buildings in London was declared invalid.

In the present case of dissolution, when TYT exercised his scope of power to dissolve the Assembly, the extent he exercised his scope of power may transgressed the principle of natural justice. This is owing to His Excellency’s failure to subscribe the prevailing common law convention of extending his invitation for an audience to the leader who commands the majority of confidence in the Assembly.

TYT has no personal power to dispense the requirement of right to be heard hence the natural justice, where the other party should be afforded with the right to be heard and to allow him to make representation of his majority to TYT.

By denying TSMA to make representation of his majority, it would be impossible for TYT to have had exercised his constitutional duty under Article 6(3) & Article 7(1) of the Sabah Constitution. Therefore, this is a fit and proper case for judicial review of TYT’s decision.

If the court made a finding that the decision by the Governor is non-justiciable as per the argument of the State Attorney General, it can mean that an illegal decision -- a decision in breach of the principles of natural justice, a decision which fails tests of Wednesbury reasonabless or proportionality -- may survive to perpetrate unfairness.

In other words, the finding of non-justiciability by the court may allow the survival of a procedurally faulted executive decision.

It would be archaic to maintain that just because a Head of State vests with discretionary power, his decision is immune from judicial review especially when the exercise of the executive prerogative is arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable and affects the private rights, interest and legitimate expectation of the citizen.

Azhier Farhan Arisin

BETULKAH KENYATAAN BEKAS MENTERI UNDANG-UNDANG INI? MARI KITA SEMAK AKTA DAN WARTA KERAJAAN PERSEKUTUAN.

“I have checked on the website of the Attorney-General’s Chambers whether they have gazetted it (Covid-19) and I don’t think they have. If Covid-19 is not part of the schedule, how can you use that as a reason to stop us from meeting in Parliament? This government has a lot to answer for,” YB Datuk VK Liew, Ahli Parlimen Batu Sapi (WARISAN)

1. Apakah itu Akta Pencegahan dan Pengawalan Penyakit Berjangkit 1988 (Akta 342)?

Akta 342 adalah undang-undang yang diperbuat oleh Parlimen Malaysia berhubungan dengan pencegahan dan pengawalan penyakit berjangkit di Malaysia.

2. Apakah kuasa yang diperuntukan kepada Menteri Kesihatan di dalam Akta ini?

Seksyen 11 Akta 342 memberi kuasa kepada Menteri Kesihatan untuk mengisytiharkan di mana-mana kawasan di Malaysia sebagai kawasan tempatan jangkitan apabila kawasan tersebut diancam oleh wabak apa-apa penyakit berjangkit.

Pengisytiharan kawasan tempatan jangkitan ini membolehkan Menteri Kesihatan mengadakan apa-apa peraturan melalui perintah di dalam Warta untuk menetapkan langkah-langkah mengawal atau mencegah merebaknya apa-apa penyakit berjangkit.

3. Apa itu penyakit berjangkit?

Seksyen 2 Akta 342 mentafsirkan Penyakit berjangkit sebagai apa-apa penyakit yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual Pertama Akta 342.

4. Apa yang dinyatakan didalam Jadual Pertama Akta 342?

Jadual Pertama Akta 342 menyenaraikan 30 jenis jangkitan. Antara yang disenaraikan ialah apa-apa jangkitan microbial lain yang mengancam nyawa.

5. Adakah Covid-19 disenaraikan sebagai penyakit berjangkit di dalam Akta 342?

Melalui pengisytiharan Menteri Kesihatan di bawah Perintah Pencegahan dan Pengawalan Penyakit Berjangkit (Pengisytiharan Kawasan Tempatan Jangkitan) 2020 - P.U(A) 87/2020, Menteri telah mengisytiharkan bahawa wabak Covid-19 sebagai suatu jangkitan mikrobial yang mengancam nyawa sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam Bahagian I Jadual Pertama kepada Akta 342.

6. Jadi adakah benar Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan yang diperbuat oleh Menteri ini tidak mempunyai asas undang?

Tidak benar. Menteri Kesihatan dibawah seksyen 11(2) Akta 342 diberi kuasa untuk mengadakan apa-apa peraturan melalui perintah di dalam Warta untuk menetapkan langkah-langkah mengawal atau mencegah merebaknya apa-apa penyakit berjangkit.

Melalui Peraturan-Peraturan Pencegahan dan Pengawalan Penyakit Berjangkit (langkah-langkah di dalam kawasan tempatan jangkitan) 2020 - P.U(A) 91, Menteri telah menetapkan peraturan kawalan pergerakan dan perhimpunan di dalam mana-mana kawasan jangkitan.