Cheng Swee Hin v Public Prosecutor

JurisdictionMalaysia
Date1981
CourtCourt of Appeal (Malaysia)
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4 cases
  • Chua Hwa Soon Jimmy v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 3 March 1998
    ...the death or being a party to causing the death. This defence has to be discharged on a balance of probabilities: see Cheng Swee Hin v PP [1981] 1 MLJ 1 [1980-1981] SLR 116 and Jamaludin bin Ibrahim v PP [1995] 2 SLR 47 . 9.According to the appellant, he had had an affair with the deceased ......
  • Chua Hwa Soon Jimmy v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • Court of Three Judges (Singapore)
    • 3 March 1998
    ...the death or being a party to causing the death. This defence has to be discharged on a balance of probabilities: see Cheng Swee Hin v PP [1981] 1 MLJ 1 [1980-1981] SLR 116 and Jamaludin bin Ibrahim v PP [1995] 2 SLR 47 . 9.According to the appellant, he had had an affair with the deceased ......
  • Public Prosecutor v Adrian Lim and Others
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 25 May 1983
    ...is clearly explained in Rex v Byrne (1960) 3 All ER 1 and this has been accepted in Singapore in Cheng Swee Hin v Public Prosecutor (1981) 1 MLJ 1, a decision of our Court of Criminal Appeal. In the context of the evidence given in this trial, to come within the Exception each of the three ......
  • Tan Leng Choo v Law Teck Huat, 14-11-2008
    • Malaysia
    • Court of Appeal (Malaysia)
    • 14 November 2008
    ...(1) Ponnukon v Jebaratnam (1980)1 MLJ 282 FC; (2) Tong Lee Hua v Yong Kah Chin (1979)1 MLJ 233 FC; and (3) Tong Lee Hua v Yong Kah Chin (1981)1 MLJ 1 [31] The contention for the third defendant added that: (1) The option does not say that it can be exercised by the plaintiff paying the depo......
1 books & journal articles
  • CASE NOTES: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR V. TAN HO TECK1
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1990, December 1990
    • 1 December 1990
    ...314 and 315 of the Criminal Procedure Code shall apply”. 17 supra 18 14 Cox C.C. 563 Mimi Wong v. PP [1972] 2 MLJ 75; Cheng Swee Hin v. PP[1981] 1 MLJ 1, where the Court of Criminal Appeal of Singapore accepted and followed the English position with regards to the defence of diminished resp......

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