Apandi Ali J:

INTRODUCTION

The three accused persons were jointly tried for murder. The charge against them reads as follows:

Pertuduhan

Bahawa kamu bersama-sama dua lagi yang masih bebas, pada 21 April 2003, antara pukul 3.30 dan 4.00 pagi, di Pusat Perubatan Arinaga, No. 86, Lorong Maarof, Bangsar Park, dalam daerah Brickfields, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, dalam meneruskan niat bersama kamu semua telah melakukan kesalahan bunuh dengan menyebabkan kematian Dr Ariaratnam a/l Thuraiayah dan oleh yang demikian itu kamu telah melakukan kesalahan yang boleh dihukum di bawah seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan dibaca bersama seksyen 34 Kanun yang sama.

At the end of the prosecution’s case, I found that the prosecution had failed to make out a prima facie case against all the three accused, and hence they were acquitted and discharged, without calling for their defence.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE

In the early morning of 21 April 2003, at about after 2am, PW9, Ping Thiam Huat, a restaurant worker, went upstairs of the first floor of the premises of HSBC Restaurant, which is his dwelling, to sleep. A short while later, PW9 heard a loud scream coming from the direction of Klinik Arinaga, which is locat