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2021 MarsdenLR 1446

FEDERAL COURT PUTRAJAYA
GOH LEONG YONG – Appellant
Versus
ASP KHAIRUL FAIROZ RODZUAN & ORS – Respondent


Petitioner Advocates:Gopal Sri Ram,Gobind Singh Deo,Jacky Loi Yap Loong,Yasmeen Soh Sha-Nisse,Peter Siew,Jin Wen,Maneesha Kaur,Mannvir Singh ,Respondent Advocate: Farah Ezlin Yusop Khan,Muhammad Sinti,Nur Jihan Mohd Azman

Judgement Key Points

Ringkasan dokumen ini menyatakan bahawa permohonan writ of habeas corpus terhadap penahanan individu adalah tidak relevan apabila penahanan tersebut sudah berakhir atau digantikan oleh perintah penahanan yang terkini. Mahkamah menegaskan bahawa writ harus ditujukan kepada perintah penahanan yang sedang berkuatkuasa dan tidak boleh merujuk kepada perintah terdahulu yang telah tamat tempoh (!) (!) .

Dokumen ini juga menegaskan bahawa prosedur dan syarat-syarat tertentu mesti dipatuhi dalam penahanan di bawah undang-undang tertentu, dan jika tiada pelanggaran prosedur, penahanan dianggap sah (!) (!) . Mahkamah menolak hujah bahawa undang-undang tertentu adalah tidak sah atau tidak konstitusional, dan menyatakan bahawa peruntukan-peruntukan tersebut selaras dengan kuasa legislatif dan perlembagaan negara (!) (!) .

Selain itu, dokumen ini membincangkan bahawa kuasa mahkamah untuk mengisytiharkan penahanan sebagai tidak sah bergantung kepada sama ada penahanan itu masih berkuatkuasa dan memenuhi syarat-syarat tertentu (!) (!) . Ia juga menegaskan bahawa sebarang pelanggaran prosedur yang tidak bersifat mandatori tidak akan membatalkan penahanan, dan bahawa penahanan yang dilakukan secara prosedur yang betul adalah sah (!) (!) .

Akhir sekali, dokumen ini menegaskan bahawa kuasa badan legislatif untuk menetapkan tempoh reman dan prosedur tertentu adalah sah dan tidak melanggar prinsip pemisahan kuasa, serta bahawa peruntukan-peruntukan tersebut adalah sebahagian daripada kuasa yang sah di bawah perlembagaan (!) (!) .


JUDGMENT

Zabariah Mohd Yusof FCJ (Majority):

Background

[1] The appeal herein is against the decision of the High Court which had dismissed the application by Goh Leong Yong (the appellant) for the writ of habeas corpus against the detention of the appellant under s 4(1)(a) of Preventive of Crime Act 1959 (POCA).

[2] The appellant was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on 2 October 2020. He was held under remand from 3 October 2020 until 11 October 2020. He was released on MACC bail on 11 October 2020.

[3] On 27 October 2020, the appellant was arrested by the police in relation to Cheras Report: 027048-27049/19 for an alleged offence under s 4(1)(c) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 (CGHA). He was under remand from 27 October 2020 until 29 October 2020.

[4] On 29 October 2020, the appellant was arrested under another report for the same alleged offence under s 4(1)(c) of the CGHA, by the investigating officer (IO), Inspector Faizal bin Anuar.

[5] On 30 October 2020. the appellant was arrested under s 3(1) of POCA by the 1st respondent. On 31 October 2020, the 2nd respondent ordered the appellant to be remanded for 21 days from 31 October 2020 until 20 Novembe

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