Complete cases speedily, ensure presence of witnesses, judge tells prosecution

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Justice Radzi Abdul Hamid says a person who has incurred time and expense to defend himself in criminal cases cannot recover costs if acquitted.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/19/complete-cases-speedily-ensure-presence-of-witnesses-judge-tells-prosecution/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #RadziAbdulHamid #MelakaHighCourt #DNAA

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00:00A Malacca High Court judge has urged prosecutors to give accused persons fair and speedy trials

00:07by ensuring that all prosecution witnesses are present in court and ready to testify.

00:12Justice Radzi Abdul Hamid said accused persons spend much time and incur substantial expenses

00:18in defending themselves when prosecuted but cannot recover any legal costs if acquitted.

00:24Radzi stressed the importance of the prosecution keeping a tight rein of its cases by properly

00:29managing and conducting them in a way that allows them to be completed within the dates

00:32allocated by the court.

00:35The judge's remarks were contained in a 22-page judgment issued when allowing a revision application

00:40filed by civil servant Yusuf Daniel Khairul Hisham.

00:44The accused had been charged three times with the same drug offence but was only issued

00:48with a discharge not amounting to an acquittal by the presiding magistrate on each occasion.

00:54Radzi said the prosecution had three opportunities between March and August this year to make

00:59the witness present in court.

01:01Instead, the court was told that the witness was in Sabah.

01:04Radzi said the continuation of the case would be a grave injustice on the applicant and

01:09the prosecution's use of Section 254 of the Criminal Procedure Code to charge the

01:14applicant repeatedly in the circumstances of the case was tantamount to an abuse of

01:18court process.

01:21Natasha Bust, FMT News.

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