JUDGMENT

Collin Lawrence Sequerah J:

A) Introduction

[1] These are Habeas Corpus applications by the Applicant's above named. They are directed towards their remand under s 4(1) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 for a period of 21 days commencing 18 March 2020 until 7 April 2020.

[2] These applications were fixed for hearing on 6 April 2020 which is during the Second Phase of the Movement Control Order ("MCO") imposed by the Government of Malaysia pursuant to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures Within Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020 [PU(A) 91/2020] ("PCID") in an effort to combat and to contain the spread of the Covid 19 pandemic in this country that has also spread across the face of the globe with devastating effect.

[3] Nonetheless, these applications were jointly argued in open court with the attendance of both counsel. It needs to be said therefore that despite the MCO being imposed, the wheels of the machinery of justice in this country do not necessarily come to a grinding halt. Consequently, there is still access to justice in these trying times.

B) Salient Facts

[4] Both Applicants were initially arrested on the 18 February 2020 and 19 February