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2 unusual facts about Ong Ah Chuan v. Public Prosecutor


Ong Ah Chuan v. Public Prosecutor

Counsel for the Public Prosecutor argued that the word law in Article 9(1) included written law.

The case involved a constitutional challenge by the appellant against the Public Prosecutor for charging him with a capital offence when another accused person involved in the same drug trafficking incident was not.


Chan Hiang Leng Colin v. Public Prosecutor

Their counsel contended that WTBTS produced publications that were not contrary to public interest, such as the King James Bible.

Johnson Tan Han Seng v. Public Prosecutor

Johnson Tan Han Seng v. Public Prosecutor 1977 2 MLJ 66 is a Malaysian case concerning the lapsing of a Proclamation of Emergency by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King).

Yong Vui Kong v. Public Prosecutor

Following this case, the appellant Yong Vui Kong unsuccessfully challenged the process by which the President grants clemency to convicted persons on the advice of the Cabinet.

He sought, among other things, a declaration that it is the President and not the Cabinet that has discretion as to whether Yong's petition for clemency should be granted, and an order to grant Yong an indefinite stay of execution.


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