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DATUK SERI DR MOHAMAD SALLEH ISMAIL & ANOR v. MOHD RAFIZI RAMLI & ANOR [2016] 9 CLJ 813
HIGH COURT MALAYA, KUALA LUMPUR
AZIZUL AZMI ADNAN JC
[CIVIL SUIT NO: 23NCVC-53-06-2013]
31 OCTOBER 2016

TORT: Defamation - Libel - Press conference contained statements alleged to be defamatory of plaintiffs - Allegations of misappropriation of public funds - Whether statements were fair comments or facts - Whether statements verified and based on facts established to be true - Whether defence of qualified privilege established

TORT: Defamation - Libel - News website published article and uploaded video clip of press conference - Press conference contained statements alleged to be defamatory of plaintiffs - Allegations of misappropriation of public funds - Whether video clip showed faithful recording of actual events - Whether reporting done in fair, disinterested and neutral way - Whether defence of reportage available

TORT: Defamation - Libel - Damages - Press conference contained statements alleged to be defamatory of plaintiffs - News website published article and uploaded video clip of press conference - Nature of allegations - Whether serious - Whether losses suffered attributable to defamatory statements

KHAIRUL AZWAN HARUN v. MOHD RAFIZI RAMLI [2016] 9 CLJ 858
HIGH COURT MALAYA, KUALA LUMPUR
S NANTHA BALAN J
[SUIT NO: 23NCVC-55-07-2015]
20 OCTOBER 2016

TORT: Defamation - Libel - Press release contained statements relating to public interest - Allegations of defalcation of public funds - Natural and ordinary meaning of impugned words - Whether impugned words defamatory of plaintiff - Whether impugned words suggested plaintiff guilty of corruption or abuse of power - Whether defences of fair comment and justification available

TORT: Defamation - Defences - Libel - Justification and fair comment - Press release contained statements alleging defalcation of public funds - Whether impugned words defamatory of plaintiff - Three different categories of meaning for defence of justification - Whether impugned words justified - Whether impugned words were fair comments or statements of fact - Whether release of impugned words actuated by malice - Defamation Act 1957, s. 9 

PP lwn. ONG KIAN YAP [2016] 2 SMC 84
MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET, JELEBU
ZUHAIR ROSLI Mj
[KES TANGKAPAN NO: 83-37-5-2014]
29 FEBRUARI 2015

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Mencabul kehormatan - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 354 - Memasukkan tangan ke dalam seluar dalam mangsa dan mencium mulutnya - Mangsa seorang kanak-kanak - Pertuduhan - Sama ada defektif - Sama ada unsur niat untuk mencabul dinyatakan di dalam pertuduhan - Sama ada keterangan mangsa disokong - Sama ada laporan perubatan mangsa diserahkan kepada tertuduh sebelum perbicaraan - Sama ada keterangan saksi-saksi menimbulkan keraguan - Sama ada kehendak s. 399(1) Kanun Tatacara Jenayah dipatuhi

PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Pertuduhan - Defektif - Kesalahan mencabul kehormatan - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 354 - Mens rea kesalahan - Sama ada unsur niat untuk mencabul dinyatakan dalam pertuduhan - Sama ada tarikh dan masa kejadian dinyatakan dalam pertuduhan - Sama ada tertuduh diprejudiskan - Sama ada pertuduhan defektif dan tidak boleh diperbaiki

KETERANGAN: Keterangan pakar - Laporan perubatan - Kesalahan mencabul kehormatan - Mangsa seorang kanak-kanak - Kegagalan menyerahkan salinan laporan perubatan mangsa kepada tertuduh sebelum perbicaraan - Sama ada bukti penyampaian laporan perubatan dikemukakan - Sama ada laporan perubatan diterima masuk - Sama ada kehendak s. 399(1) Kanun Tatacara Jenayah dipatuhi

KETERANGAN: Saksi - Kanak-kanak - Keterangan tidak bersumpah - Sama ada kehendak s. 133A Akta Keterangan 1950 dipatuhi - Sama ada keterangan mangsa diragui - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 354

Legal Network Series

CLJ 2016 Volume 9 (Part 6)

ARTICLE

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: The Continued March of Private Justice? by Nitin Nadkarni [2016] 9 CLJ i

FEDERAL COURT

Farose Tamure Mohamad Khan v. PP & Other Appeals
Md Raus Sharif PCA, Ahmad Maarop, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Ramly Ali FCJJ)
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Murder - Common intention - Whether established) [2016] 9 CLJ 769 [FC]

HIGH COURT

Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail & Anor v. Mohd Rafizi Ramli & Anor
Azizul Azmi Adnan JC
(Tort - Defamation - Libel - Allegations of misappropriation of public funds - Whether statements were fair comments or facts [2016] 9 CLJ 813 [HC]

Dr Dzul Khaini Hj Husain & Ors v. Director Of Lands And Mines Office (Kuala Lumpur) & Anor; Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (Proposed Intervener)
Hanipah Farikullah J
(Civil Procedure - Application to intervene in judicial review proceedings - Rules of Court 2012, O. 53 r. 8) [2016] 9 CLJ 836 [HC]

Dr Dzul Khaini Hj Husain & Ors v. Director Of Lands And Mines Office (Kuala Lumpur) & Anor; Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (Proposed Intervener) (No 2)
Hanipah Farikullah J
(Civil Procedure - Application for discovery of specific documents - Whether documents necessary and relevant to judicial review proceedings) [2016] 9 CLJ 843 [HC]

Dr Dzul Khaini Hj Husain & Ors v. Director Of Lands And Mines Office (Kuala Lumpur) & Ors (No 3)
Hanipah Farikullah J
(Civil Procedure; Land Law - Judicial review - Validity of land acquisition - Whether State Authority has power to acquire strata properties) [2016] 9 CLJ 847 [HC]

Khairul Azwan Harun v. Mohd Rafizi Ramli
S Nantha Balan J
(Tort - Defamation - Libel - Allegations of defalcation of public funds - Whether defences of fair comment and justification available) [2016] 9 CLJ 858 [HC]

Nordin Ali & Ors v. Focus Development Sdn Bhd & Ors
Abdul Rahman Sebli JCA
(Banking; Limitation - Banker and customer - Duty of banker - Whether bank retained right to auction properties) [2016] 9 CLJ 907 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

BANKING

Banker and customer - Duty of banker - Bank financed housing project - Sales proceeds for housing project assigned by developer to bank - Purchasers paid full purchase price to developer - Developer defaulted on loan - Foreclosure proceedings by bank - Whether bank retained right to auction properties - Bank failed to account for any redemption sum - Whether bank's decision to proceed with auction tainted with fraud
Nordin Ali & Ors v. Focus Development Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Abdul Rahman Sebli JCA) [2016] 9 CLJ 907 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Discovery - Documents - Judicial review - Validity of acquisition of land - Application for discovery of specific documents - Whether documents necessary and relevant to judicial review proceedings - Whether release of documents compromised security of project
Dr Dzul Khaini Hj Husain & Ors v. Director Of Lands And Mines Office (Kuala Lumpur) & Anor; Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (Proposed Intervener) (No 2)
(Hanipah Farikullah J) [2016] 9 CLJ 843 [HC]

Intervener - Application to intervene in judicial review proceedings - Whether proposed intervener would be directly and adversely affected by outcome of judicial review - Rules of Court 2012, O. 53 r. 8
Dr Dzul Khaini Hj Husain & Ors v. Director Of Lands And Mines Office (Kuala Lumpur) & Anor; Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (Proposed Intervener)
(Hanipah Farikullah J) [2016] 9 CLJ 836 [HC]

Judicial review - Application for - Validity of land acquisition - Whether State Authority has power to acquire strata properties - Whether procedure for land acquisition complied with - Whether intended compulsory acquisition of land necessary - Whether land acquisition in violation of art. 13(1) of Federal Constitution - Rules of Court 2012, O. 53 r. 3
Dr Dzul Khaini Hj Husain & Ors v. Director Of Lands And Mines Office (Kuala Lumpur) & Ors (No 3)
(Hanipah Farikullah J) [2016] 9 CLJ 847 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Common intention - Whether established - Whether there was participation of accused persons culminating in criminal acts resulting in death of accused - Penal Code, s. 34 - First accused made previous attempts to hire persons to cause injury to deceased - Whether relevant fact under s. 8 of Evidence Act 1950 - Whether demonstrated elaborate modus operandi - Corroboration of evidence - Whether evidence of accessory corroborated - Whether prosecution offered conflicting evidence - Whether injuries inflicted sufficient for purpose of murder under s. 300(c) of Penal Code - Whether trial judge sufficiently considered defences raised by accused persons - Whether reasonable doubt against prosecution's case arose - Whether convictions safe
Farose Tamure Mohamad Khan v. PP & Other Appeals
(Md Raus Sharif PCA, Ahmad Maarop, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Ramly Ali FCJJ) [2016] 9 CLJ 769 [FC]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Conviction and sentence - Murder - Common intention - Whether established - Whether there was participation of accused persons culminating in criminal acts resulting in death of accused - First accused made previous attempts to hire persons to cause injury to deceased - Whether relevant fact under s. 8 of Evidence Act 1950 - Whether demonstrated elaborate modus operandi - Corroboration of evidence - Whether evidence of accessory corroborated - Whether prosecution offered conflicting evidence - Whether injuries inflicted sufficient for purpose of murder under s. 300(c) of Penal Code - Whether trial judge sufficiently considered defences raised by accused persons - Whether reasonable doubt against prosecution's case arose - Whether convictions safe - Penal Code, ss. 34, 300 (c), 302
Farose Tamure Mohamad Khan v. PP & Other Appeals
(Md Raus Sharif PCA, Ahmad Maarop, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin, Ramly Ali FCJJ) [2016] 9 CLJ 769 [FC]

LAND LAW

Acquisition of land - Validity - Whether State Authority has power to acquire strata properties - Whether procedure for land acquisition complied with - Whether intended compulsory acquisition of land necessary - Whether land acquisition in violation of art. 13(1) of Federal Constitution - Land Acquisition Act 1960
Dr Dzul Khaini Hj Husain & Ors v. Director Of Lands And Mines Office (Kuala Lumpur) & Ors (No 3)
(Hanipah Farikullah J) [2016] 9 CLJ 847 [HC]

LIMITATION

Fraud - Discovery of fraud - Bank financed housing project - Sales proceeds for housing project assigned by developer to bank - Purchasers paid full purchase price to developer - Developer defaulted on loan - Foreclosure proceedings by bank - Bank failed to account for any redemption sum - Whether bank's decision to proceed with auction tainted with fraud - Whether period of limitation begins upon discovery of fraud - Whether purchasers within limitation period
Nordin Ali & Ors v. Focus Development Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Abdul Rahman Sebli JCA) [2016] 9 CLJ 907 [HC]

TORT

Defamation - Defences - Libel - Justification and fair comment - Press release contained statements alleging defalcation of public funds - Whether impugned words defamatory of plaintiff - Three different categories of meaning for defence of justification - Whether impugned words justified - Whether impugned words were fair comments or statements of fact - Whether release of impugned words actuated by malice - Defamation Act 1957, s. 9
Khairul Azwan Harun v. Mohd Rafizi Ramli
(S Nantha Balan J) [2016] 9 CLJ 858 [HC]

Defamation - Libel - Damages - Press conference contained statements alleged to be defamatory of plaintiffs - News website published article and uploaded video clip of press conference - Nature of allegations - Whether serious - Whether losses suffered attributable to defamatory statements
Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail & Anor v. Mohd Rafizi Ramli & Anor
(Azizul Azmi Adnan JC) [2016] 9 CLJ 813 [HC]

Defamation - Libel - News website published article and uploaded video clip of press conference - Press conference contained statements alleged to be defamatory of plaintiffs - Allegations of misappropriation of public funds - Whether video clip showed faithful recording of actual events - Whether reporting done in fair, disinterested and neutral way - Whether defence of reportage available
Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail & Anor v. Mohd Rafizi Ramli & Anor
(Azizul Azmi Adnan JC) [2016] 9 CLJ 813 [HC]

Defamation - Libel - Press conference contained statements alleged to be defamatory of plaintiffs - Allegations of misappropriation of public funds - Whether statements were fair comments or facts - Whether statements verified and based on facts established to be true - Whether defence of qualified privilege established
Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail & Anor v. Mohd Rafizi Ramli & Anor
(Azizul Azmi Adnan JC) [2016] 9 CLJ 813 [HC]

Defamation - Libel - Press release contained statements relating to public interest - Allegations of defalcation of public funds - Natural and ordinary meaning of impugned words - Whether impugned words defamatory of plaintiff - Whether impugned words suggested plaintiff guilty of corruption or abuse of power - Whether defences of fair comment and justification available
Khairul Azwan Harun v. Mohd Rafizi Ramli
(S Nantha Balan J) [2016] 9 CLJ 858 [HC]

LNS Article(s)

1. EVERISE SPRINT (M) SDN BHD v. MINISTER OF FINANCE, MALAYSIA & ANOR[1]* ^{[Read excerpt]}
   JESS NGO HUI ZHONG [2016] 1 LNS(A) c

[2016] 1 LNS(A) c



MALAYSIA

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EVERISE SPRINT (M) SDN BHD v. MINISTER OF FINANCE, MALAYSIA & ANOR[1]*

JESS NGO HUI ZHONG

IN THIS ARTICLE, JESS NGO HUI ZHONG ANALYSES THE CASE OF EVERISE SPRINT (M) SDN BHD V. MINISTER OF FINANCE, MALAYSIA & ANOR ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STRICT INTERPRETATION OF TAX STATUTES

Facts

Everise Sprint (M) Sdn Bhd ("Everise") is in the business of buying and selling used primed movers ("Goods"). Everise bought the Goods from Scania Malaysia Sdn Bhd ("Scania Malaysia"). The Goods were supplied by Scania (GB) Ltd United Kingdom ("Scania UK"), the exporter. In the customs declaration form, Red Synergy Corporation Sdn Bhd ("Red Synergy") was specified as the consignee or the importer of the Goods. After clearing Customs, the forwarders issued the invoices for customs duties and sales taxes to Everise which were duly paid by Everise.

Following an audit conducted on Scania Malaysia, the State Director of Customs Selangor ("SDCS") discovered that the declared value and the assessed value of the Goods were not based on the actual amount paid to the exporter. Accordingly, the SDCS claimed the shortfall ("short-paid taxes") from Scania Malaysia and Everise.

Everise refused to pay the short-paid taxes claiming that they were not the importer of the Goods and applied to the Minister of Finance ("MOF") for a remission of the short-paid taxes.

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* Published with kind permission of M/s Shearn Delamore & Co.

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2. 'THE MODERNISATION OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN TIMES OF AUSTERITY'* ^{[Read excerpt]}
   THE RT. HON. SIR ERNEST RYDER [2016] 1 LNS(A) ci

[2016] 1 LNS(A) ci



UNITED KINGDOM

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'THE MODERNISATION OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN TIMES OF AUSTERITY'*

THE RT. HON. SIR ERNEST RYDER

Introduction

1. Good evening. I was honoured to give the inaugural lecture in this series some four years ago before I had the pleasure of being installed as your Chancellor. This is my third year as Chancellor in what has been for me a remarkable journey: discovering just how vibrant, diverse and optimistic our student population is and how important the University is and you are to the economic and social future of our region, the Northern Powerhouse. I was, and remain, very privileged to lend my name to the series.

2. On the occasion of my first lecture, back in the autumn of 2012, when the country was basking in its Olympic glories, I spoke about the importance of respect for the autonomy of our citizens and the opportunities then before us to modernise our family justice system. Since then, reports and speeches (in particular about public - including legal - policy) have become ever more sombre in focus. The word 'austerity' seems to creep into the titles and text of most major addresses we now hear. Following Sartre, I'll follow the crowd in order to be different.

3. I take this approach for a very important reason. It's one that I expect the Lord Chancellor and his colleagues in Cabinet would recognise and I would like to explore the point with you. It is in many ways a simple reason. The point about 'austerity' is this. What is right, is right; what is fair, is fair; and what is just, is just. Justice has no second class: even in an age of austerity.

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* The Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals, 5th Annual Ryder Lecture: The University Of Bolton (3 March 2016). Published with kind permission of the Judicial Communications Office, Judiciary of England and Wales (https:// www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160303-ryder-lecture2.pdf).

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