Haji Abdul Malik bin Haji Ishak JC:

In this case, the respondent was charged in the Magistrate's Court, Grik, Perak as follows:

Bahawa kamu pada 16 November 1990 jam lebih kurang pukul 1.45 p.m., dihadapan rumah No. 226, Kg. Baru, Batu Dua Gerik, di dalam Daerah Hulu Perak, di dalam Negeri Perak, telah didapati tolong menjalankan loteri umum 1000 hingga 10,000 angka loteri haram, oleh yang demikian kamu telah melakukan satukesalahan yangboleh dihukum di bawah s. 4A(a) Akta Rumah Perjudian Terbuka 1953 (Pindaan Tahun 1990).

The respondent pleaded guilty to the charge on 25 April 1991 in the Court below and he was sentenced to 1 year's imprisonment and fined a sum of RM5,000 in default 500 days' imprisonment. The respondent served his imprisonment sentence in full. The fine was not paid by the respondent. The learned Deputy Public Prosecutor has now appealed against inadequacy of sentence.

The case came up for hearing on six occasions before it was finally disposed of. Each time the case came up for hearing, it had to be postponed as the notices for the appeal could not be served. The case came up for hearing on the following dates, viz 1 December 1992, 11 February 1993,