JUDGMENT

John Ko Wai Seng JC:

[1] Upon reading the record of appeal and hearing the submissions of learned counsel for the appellants and the learned DPP, I will allow the appeal on the following grounds:-

Charge

[2] The appellants are charged with amended charge as follows:-

"Bahawa kamu pada 10 Disember 2007 lebih kurang jam 11.00 pagi tanpa sebarang kebenaran atau hak yang sah di sisi undang-undang, didapati telah memasuki Hutan Simpan Ulu Segama dalam daerah Perhutanan Lahad Datu yang telah ditutup dengan menggunakan kenderaan Land Cruiser Toyota nombor pendaftaran SA1747T, kenderaan 'pickup' Toyota Hilux nombor pendaftaran SD6811, sebuah jentera traktor jenama Caterpillar dan sebuah Excavator Hitachi model UH04, dengan demikian kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan di bawah s 20(1)(c)(i) Enakmen hutan 1968 dan boleh dihukum di bawah seksyen dan Enakmen Hutan yang sama."

[3] Loosely translated as follows:-

That all of you, on the 10th day of December 2007 at about 11.00 a.m. without any approval or legal rights, were found to have entered Ulu Segama Forest Reserve in the Forest District of Lahad Datu which was closed by using vehicles -a Land Cruiser Toyota with the registration number