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Issue #23/2018 07 June 2018

New This Week Case(s) of the Week PERAK INTEGRATED NETWORKS SERVICES SDN BHD v. URBAN DOMAIN SDN BHD & ANOR [2018] 5 CLJ 513 Appeal Update Appeal Update Latest Cases Legal Network Series CLJ 2018 Volume 5 (Part 5) Articles LNS Article(s) Legislation Highlights Principal Acts Amending Acts PU(A) PU(B) Legislation Alert

PERAK INTEGRATED NETWORKS SERVICES SDN BHD v.
URBAN DOMAIN SDN BHD & ANOR [2018] 5 CLJ 513
FEDERAL COURT, PUTRAJAYA
MD RAUS SHARIF CJ, RICHARD MALANJUM CJ (SABAH & SARAWAK), ZAINUN ALI FCJ, ZAHARAH IBRAHIM FCJ, BALIA YUSOF WAHI FCJ
[CIVIL APPEAL NO: 02(f)-66-09-2016(W)]
16 APRIL 2018

COMPANY LAW: Derivative action – Deadlock company – Equal split of shareholding between directors with opposing views – Whether regarded as deadlock – Whether company was going concern – Whether shareholder could bring derivative action on behalf of deadlock company – Whether deadlock company in liquidation – Test of ‘wrongdoer control’ – Whether winding up considered as alternative remedy – Whether shareholder could file petition to wind up company on just and equitable grounds – Whether availability of winding up company on just and equitable grounds as alternative remedy disentitled shareholder from opting to bring derivative action on behalf of company – Companies Act 2016

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1. PP v. Jagadish Siddalingappa Arjunagi [2017] 1 LNS 128 (CA) overruling the High Court case of PP v. Jagadish Siddalingappa Arjunagi [Criminal Trial No: 45A-214-09/2012]

2. PP v. Mohd Shahir Axma Ab Rahim & Ors [2017] 1 LNS 1963 (CA) affirming the High Court case of PP v. Mohd Shahir Axma Ab Rahim & Ors [Perbicaraan Jenayah No.: 45C-13-2010]

Legal Network Series

[2017] 1 LNS 278	PP v. MOHD EZRI AZMAR PAVEL & ANOR (NO 2) EVIDENCE: Burden of proof - Murder of detainee - Accused persons' burden - Whether reasonable doubt raised - Meaning of 'reasonable doubt' - Whether reasonable doubt may be raised by prosecution witnesses' contradictory evidence EVIDENCE: Cross-examination - Failure to cross-examine accused persons - Effect of - General rule on acceptance of evidence - Exception to general rule where defence of an incredible or romantic character - Whether exception to general rule applies  For the prosecution - DPP Mohd Fillany Siji; Jabatan Peguam Negara Malaysia  For the accused - Shankar Ram & Daniel Ling; Thomas, Shankar Ram & Company
[2017] 1 LNS 427	SOON JING ENTERPRISE SDN BHD v. KERAJAAN NEGERI PERAK & ORS CIVIL PROCEDURE: Mode of commencement - Declaration, application for - Challenge to land acquisition - Whether declaration was proper procedure - Whether application should be by judicial review - Whether judicial review the only mode of challenging land acquisition - Circumstances in which judicial review not suitable - Land Acquisition Act 1960, s. 68 - Rules of Court 2012, O. 53 LAND LAW: Acquisition of land - Application for declaration to set aside acquisition - Whether amounts to application to set aside award/apportionment - Whether application barred by statute - Land Acquisition Act 1960, s. 68  For the plaintiff - Vivekanandan Ams Periasamy & Pavitra Sivam; M/s Selvam, Nanda & Partners  For the defendant 1 & 2 - Suhaila Haron; Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Perak  For the defendant 3 - Silvanathan & Rachael Shanti; M/s Kean Chye & Sivalingam Chan Kok Keong; M/s Chan Associates
[2017] 1 LNS 895	SAROGINI DEVY GURUSAMY PILLAY lwn. NEELAMAGAM KURUSAMY PILLAY PROSEDUR SIVIL: Pembatalan - Writ dan pernyataan tuntutan - Tindakan untuk membatalkan surat kuasa mentadbir - Penyalahgunaan proses mahkamah - Estoppel - Plaintif gagal memohon sitasi di bawah A. 72 k. 2 (3) Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah 2012 sebelum memfailkan tindakan - Kewujudan tindakan-tindakan terdahulu di mana plaintif tidak pernah mempertikaikan status defendan sebagai pentadbir pusaka serta keesahan surat kuasa mentadbir - Sama ada writ dan pernyataan tuntutan wajar dibatalkan - Sama ada plaintif terikat dengan doktrin estoppel - Sama ada tindakan plaintif memfailkan writ dan penyata tuntutan terjumlah kepada menyalahgunakan proses mahkamah  Bagi pihak plaintif - S Thevarayan; T/n Subbiah Rayan & Co  Bagi pihak defendan - R Thevan; T/n S Raman & Co
[2017] 1 LNS 1043	NAGARAO MUNIANDI lwn. LEMBAGA PENCEGAHAN JENAYAH & YANG LAIN UNDANG-UNDANG PENTADBIRAN: Semakan kehakiman - Pembatalan - Perintah pengawasan polis - Kegagalan pegawai inkuiri untuk mengemukakan dapatan kepada Lembaga Pencegahan Jenayah dengan kadar segera - Ketiadaan afidavit pegawai undang-undang difailkan - Sama ada terdapat ketakpatuhan prosedur di bawah seksyen 10(2) Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959 ('APJ') - Sama ada identiti pegawai undang-undang mesti dimaklumkan kepada pemohon UNDANG-UNDANG PENTADBIRAN: Semakan kehakiman - Pembatalan - Kegagalan pegawai inkuiri untuk menjalankan inkuiri terhadap pemohon dalam masa yang munasabah - Kelewatan selama 15 hari untuk menjalankan inkuiri - Sama ada terdapat kelewatan yang tidak munasabah - Sama ada terdapat ketakpatuhan terhadap s. 6 Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959 - Sama ada semua prosedur bagi tahanan tanpa perbicaraan perlu dipatuhi secara ketat  Bagi pihak pemohon - Naizatul Zamrina Karizaman; T/n K L Chee & Co  Bagi pihak responden-responden - Shahidah Nafisah Leman, Peguam Kanan Persekutuan
[2018] 1 LNS 22	PP v. BADRUL HISHAM SHAHARIN CRIMINAL LAW: Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 - Section 9 - Failure of organiser to provide notification of assembly - Whether accused was organiser - Meaning of 'organiser' - Whether reliance could be placed on presumption of 'organiser' - Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, ss. 3, 19  For the appellant - Farah Wahida Md Nor, Deputy Public Prosecutor of Selangor  For the respondent - Gobind Singh Deo & Mohd Haijan Omar; Ms Gobind Singh Deo & Co
[2017] 5 LNS 31	ARIVEN MURUGIAH lwn. FUANESWARAN PARAWASWAN LALULINTAS JALAN: Tuntutan - Kemalangan motosikal - Kuantum - "Multiple facial bone fractures" - Gantirugi am dan khas Bagi pihak plaintif - Ajmer Sandhu & Ong Bagi pihak defendan - K Suganthi & Co

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CLJ 2018 Volume 5 (Part 5)

FEDERAL COURT

Perak Integrated Networks Services Sdn Bhd v. Urban Domain Sdn Bhd & Anor
MD Raus Sharif CJ, Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Zainun Ali, Zaharah Ibrahim, Balia Yusof Wahi FCJJ
(Company Law - Derivative action - Whether shareholder could bring derivative action on behalf of deadlock company) [2018] 5 CLJ 513 [FC]

 For the appellant - Gopal Sri Ram, RK Sharma, Phang Zheng Jack & David Yii; M/s Vicknaraj, RD Ratnam Rajesh Kumar & Assocs
 For the 1st respondent - Bastian Vendargon, Leong Kwong Wah, Vincent Lim Seng Liang & S Ravenesan; M/s Dennis Nik & Wong
 For the 2nd respondent - Norina Zainol Abidin, SFC 

COURT OF APPEAL

M Kula Segaran & Satu Lagi lwn. Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia & Yang Lain
Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Abdul Rahman Sebli, Kamardin Hashim HHMR
(Undang-undang Pentadbiran - Semakan kehakiman - Bantahan terhadap kajian semula penyempadanan bahagian-bahagian pilihan raya oleh Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya) [2018] 5 CLJ 547 [CA]

 Bagi pihak perayu-perayu - Surendra Ananth, M Kula Segaran & Su Keong Siong; T/n Kula & Assocs
 Bagi pihak responden-responden - Amarjeet Singh, Suzana Atan, Ahmad Terriruddin Salleh, Aziz Md Arshad & Nik Azrin Zairi; Peguam Kanan Persekutuan 

Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Clarence Augustine Tee Teck Huo
David Wong Dak Wah, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA
(Administrative Law; Labour Law - Judicial review - Dismissal - Appeal against findings of High Court) [2018] 5 CLJ 570 [CA]

 For the appellant - Yong Hong Cheng; M/s Zaid Ibrahim & Co
 For the respondent - Max Yong; M/s Shui-Tai 

OM Cahaya Mineral Asia Bhd v. Damansara Realty (Pahang) Sdn Bhd
Rohana Yusuf, Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA
(Civil Procedure - Striking out - Appeal against - Illegality of contract) [2018] 5 CLJ 587 [CA]

 For the appellant - Bastian Vendargon, Edwin Lim & Masturina Mohamad Rodzi; M/s Edwin Lim & Suren
 For the respondent - Jagjit Singh, Akberdin Abdul Kader & Harjinder Singh Sandhu; M/s Akberdin & Co 

HIGH COURT

Re Jong Min Cheow; Ex p Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd
Stephen Chung J
(Bankruptcy - Judgment debt - Application by debtor for discharge of bankruptcy order) [2018] 5 CLJ 597 [HC]

 For the creditor - Stephanie Riseng; M/s David Allan Sagah & Teng Advocs
 For the debtor - Gordon Tang; M/s Tang Legal Practice 

Summit Domain Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Carillon Sdn Bhd
Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid JC
(Contract - Termination of contract - Sale and purchase agreement - Conditional agreement) [2018] 5 CLJ 603 [HC]

 For the plaintiffs - Chok Chin You & Pusphalatha Naidu; M/s Pushpa Naidu & Co
 For the defendant - Wong Kim Fatt, R Vasanthan & Wong Boon Chong; M/s Julie Lim, Vasanthan & Co 

Yong Toi Mee & Anor v. Malpac Holdings Bhd & Ors
Mohd Nazlan Ghazali J
(Civil Procedure - Res judicata - Revisiting issues after perfection of order - Whether repeated litigation constituted abuse of process) [2018] 5 CLJ 619 [HC]

 For the plaintiffs - P Gananathan, Olivia Loh, Ng Choo Beng & Yeoh Kai Ying; M/s Ng Choo Beng R Naidu & Partners
 For the 1st defendant - WT Low; M/s Weng & Co
 For the 2nd defendant - SH Leong; M/s Leong & Partners
 For the 3rd-10th defendants - Tharminder Singh & Aravind Kumar; M/s Izral Partnership
 For the 3rd defendant in counterclaim - Brendan Siva & Aida; M/s Brendan Siva 

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Application for - Applicant dismissed from employment on grounds of making fraudulent claims and forged emails - Industrial Court found applicant's dismissal with just cause and excuse - High Court allowed applicant's judicial review application and found applicant had been wrongfully dismissed - Appeal against findings of High Court - Whether High Court erred in substituting findings of Industrial Court
Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Clarence Augustine Tee Teck Huo
(David Wong Dak Wah, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA) [2018] 5 CLJ 570 [CA]

BANKRUPTCY

Judgment debt - Failure of guarantor/debtor to pay banking facilities - Debtor adjudged bankrupt pursuant to creditor's petition - Application by debtor for discharge of bankruptcy order - Whether grounds for application supported by valid explanation as to why debtor wanted or needed to be discharged - Whether report by Director-General of Insolvency complete - Whether full investigation carried out - Whether court bound to accept report - Bankruptcy Act 1967, s. 33(1) - Bankruptcy Rules 1969, r. 194
Re Jong Min Cheow; Ex p Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Stephen Chung J) [2018] 5 CLJ 597 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Res judicata - Final judgment obtained - Apex court affirmed findings of trial judge - Revisiting issues after perfection of order - Refusal to comply with decisions of courts by continually instituting different proceedings - Whether party could re-litigate or raise issues conclusively decided - Whether decision of apex court rendered matter final - Whether repeated litigation constituted abuse of process
Yong Toi Mee & Anor v. Malpac Holdings Bhd & Ors
(Mohd Nazlan Ghazali J) [2018] 5 CLJ 619 [HC]

Striking out - Appeal against - Illegality of contract - Allegation of - Whether contract between parties tainted with illegality - Failure to obtain requisite licences to operate at site - Triable issues - Whether arose - Whether facts and issues required further investigation at trial - Whether appellant's claim plain and obviously unsustainable - Rules of Court 2012, O. 18 r. 19
OM Cahaya Mineral Asia Bhd v. Damansara Realty (Pahang) Sdn Bhd
(Rohana Yusuf, Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA) [2018] 5 CLJ 587 [CA]

COMPANY LAW

Derivative action - Deadlock company - Equal split of shareholding between directors with opposing views - Whether regarded as deadlock - Whether company was going concern - Whether shareholder could bring derivative action on behalf of deadlock company - Whether deadlock company in liquidation - Test of 'wrongdoer control' - Whether winding up considered as alternative remedy - Whether shareholder could file petition to wind up company on just and equitable grounds - Whether availability of winding up company on just and equitable grounds as alternative remedy disentitled shareholder from opting to bring derivative action on behalf of company - Companies Act 2016
Perak Integrated Networks Services Sdn Bhd v. Urban Domain Sdn Bhd & Anor
(MD Raus Sharif CJ, Richard Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak), Zainun Ali, Zaharah Ibrahim, Balia Yusof Wahi FCJJ [2018] 5 CLJ 513 [FC]

CONTRACT

Rescission - Termination of contract - Whether valid - Sale and purchase agreement ('SPA') - Conditional agreement - Conditional upon purchasers receiving copy of final decision of court regarding civil suit in relation to land - One year period of conditional period ended and final decision of court not delivered to purchasers - Purchasers sent out extension letter extending time period to obtain final decision of court - Whether extension letter had enlarged time - Whether time no longer of essence - Whether termination notices with immediate effect without giving reasonable notice invalid and unlawful - Whether SPA still valid and subsisting - Whether vendor obtained final judicial decision - Contracts Act 1950, s. 47
Summit Domain Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Carillon Sdn Bhd
(Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid JC) [2018] 5 CLJ 603 [HC]

Sale and purchase agreement - Conditional agreement - Conditional upon purchasers receiving copy of final decision of court regarding civil suit in relation to land - One year period of conditional period ended and final decision of court not delivered to purchasers - Purchasers sent out extension letter extending time period to obtain final decision of court - Whether extension letter had enlarged time - Whether time no longer of essence - Whether termination notices with immediate effect without giving reasonable notice invalid and unlawful - Whether Sale and purchase agreement still valid and subsisting - Whether vendor obtained final judicial decision - Contracts Act 1950, s. 47
Summit Domain Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Carillon Sdn Bhd
(Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid JC) [2018] 5 CLJ 603 [HC]

LABOUR LAW

Industrial Court - Decision - Applicant dismissed from employment on grounds of making fraudulent claims and forged emails - Industrial Court found applicant's dismissal with just cause and excuse - High Court allowed applicant's judicial review application and found applicant had been wrongfully dismissed - Appeal against findings of High Court - Whether High Court erred in substituting findings of Industrial Court
Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Clarence Augustine Tee Teck Huo
(David Wong Dak Wah, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JJCA) [2018] 5 CLJ 570 [CA]

INDEKS PERKARA

UNDANG-UNDANG PENTADBIRAN

Semakan kehakiman - Permohonan kebenaran - Bantahan terhadap kajian semula penyempadanan bahagian-bahagian pilihan raya oleh Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya ('SPR') - Sama ada SPR menjalankan fungsi mengikut undang-undang - Sama ada fungsi SPR hanya mengesyorkan penyempadanan semula untuk dikemukakan ke Parlimen - Sama ada cabaran proses penyempadanan pra-matang - Perlembagaan Persekutuan, per. 113 & Jadual Ke-13
M Kula Segaran & Satu Lagi lwn. Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia & Yang Lain
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Abdul Rahman Sebli, Kamardin Hashim HHMR) [2018] 5 CLJ 547 [CA]

UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN

Pilihan raya - Kajian semula kawasan pilihan raya - Bantahan terhadap kajian semula penyempadanan bahagian-bahagian pilihan raya oleh Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya ('SPR') - Sama ada SPR menjalankan fungsi mengikut undang-undang - Sama ada fungsi SPR hanya mengesyorkan penyempadanan semula untuk dikemukakan ke Parlimen - Sama ada cabaran proses penyempadanan pra-matang - Perlembagaan Persekutuan, per. 113 & Jadual Ke-13
M Kula Segaran & Satu Lagi lwn. Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia & Yang Lain
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Abdul Rahman Sebli, Kamardin Hashim HHMR) [2018] 5 CLJ 547 [CA]

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LNS Article(s)

1. LAW OF REMAND IN MALAYSIA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND CONCERNS ^{[Read excerpt]}
   SARAVANAN MEYAPPAN* [2018] 1 LNS(A) xlvii

[2018] 1 LNS(A) xlvii



MALAYSIA

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LAW OF REMAND IN MALAYSIA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND CONCERNS

SARAVANAN MEYAPPAN*

The law governing remand procedure in Malaysia is statutorily embodied in section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code and has further been developed by judicial precedents over the years. This article shall recapitulate the remand procedure as provided for under the law together with the recent judicial pronouncements relating to this subject matter and certain issues of concern in the remand proceedings.

Section 117

Since section 117 is the empowering section which allows for remand to take place, it is imperative to reproduce the said section here, whereby it provides for the following:-

117. Procedure where investigation cannot be completed within twenty-four hours

(1) Whenever any person is arrested and detained in custody and it appears that the investigation cannot be completed within the period of twenty-four hours fixed by section 28 and there are grounds for believing that the accusation or information is well founded the police officer making the investigation shall immediately transmit to a Magistrate a copy of the entries in the diary hereinafter prescribed relating to the case and shall at the same time produce the accused before the Magistrate.

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* Senior Assistant Registrar of Kuala Lumpur High Court. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer personally.

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2. THE RECEPTION AND APPLICATION OF ENGLISH LAW IN MALAYSIA ^{[Read excerpt]}
   Sheila Ramalingam* Associate Professor Dr. Johan Shamsuddin bin Hj Sabaruddin** Dr. Saroja a/p Dhanapal*** [2018] 1 LNS(A) xlix

[2018] 1 LNS(A) xlix



MALAYSIA

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THE RECEPTION AND APPLICATION OF ENGLISH LAW IN MALAYSIA

Sheila Ramalingam*
Associate Professor Dr. Johan Shamsuddin bin Hj Sabaruddin**
Dr. Saroja a/p Dhanapal***

Introduction

The Civil Law Act 1956 (Revised 1972) provides for the application of English law in Malaysia on different cut-off dates for West Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak respectively. In 1971, the Civil Law Ordinance 1956 which was only applicable in West Malaysia was extended to Sabah and Sarawak vide the Civil Law (Extension) Order 1971. Despite this, Sabah and Sarawak still have their own respective legislation on the application of English law i.e. the Application of Laws Ordinance 1951 in Sabah and the Application of Laws Ordinance 1949 in Sarawak. This article traces the roots, and (not so) humble beginnings of the provisions dealing with the application of English law in Malaysia in the Civil Law Act 1956, the differences in its application between East and West Malaysia, and whether the Application of Laws Ordinances in East Malaysia are still relevant or have been rendered redundant by the revision of the Civil Law Act 1956 in 1972.

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* PhD research article undertaken at Faculty of Law, University of Malaya.

** Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Malaya.

*** Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Malaya.

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3. FREEDOM OF SPEECH: AN INDISPENSABLE ASPECT OF DEMOCRACY ^{[Read excerpt]}
   DR. TAJUDEEN OJO IBRAHEEM* [2018] 1 LNS(A) xlviii

[2018] 1 LNS(A) xlviii



NIGERIA

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FREEDOM OF SPEECH: AN INDISPENSABLE ASPECT OF DEMOCRACY

DR. TAJUDEEN OJO IBRAHEEM*

ABSTRACT

Different types of rulers, dictators, tyrants, political opportunists, etc. abound all over the world and in Africa they are not in want. For the people to stand their ground against such rulers largely depends on the availability of a courageous and an impartial citizenry/mass media which is capable of keeping government under check by making it accountable for all political performance. A free speech and press regime is necessary to attain this goal. Freedom of speech is a sine qua non for any democracy to thrive. This article examines the freedoms of speech and the press as they obtain in Nigeria, against the background of a proposal for a hate speech law. It however, focuses more on the freedom of speech. The author concludes that the freedoms, as they currently obtain, need to be promoted and even enhanced for the greater good.

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* LL.B (Hons), B.L, LL.M (Ife) Ph.d, C.O.M, AMNIM, MBLAS, Notary Public, Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. taju.ibraheem@yahoo.com, +23480 2336 2799

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