FACULTY OF LAW
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
SHAH ALAM
LESSON PLAN
COURSE : LAW OF EVIDENCE II
CODE : LAW578
SEMESTER : MARCH – AUGUST 2025
LECTURER(S) / TUTOR(S) : DR. MAZLINA MAHALI (RP) (mazlinamahali@uitm.edu.my)
PROF. DR HASWIRA NOR MOHAMAD HASHIM
(haswira648@uitm.edu.my)
HABIBAH OMAR (habib597@uitm.edu.my)
SIVAMEENAMBIGAI VEERIAH (sivameenam@uitm.edu.my)
FARAH ADIBAH ZULKIFLI (farahadibah@uitm.edu.my)
WEEK DATE TOPICS ACTIVITIES &
ASSESSMENTS
Week 1 24 - 30 March INTRODUCTION Online Lecture
2025
Course Information
Course Outcome
Course Content
Teaching Methodology
Assessment
Recommended Text
Reference and Statute
List of Cases
Entrance dan Exit Survey
SPECIAL LEAVE (AIDILFITRI)
31 March – 6 April 2025
31 March and 1 April (Hari Raya Aidilfitri)
Week 2 7 – 13 April OPINION EVIDENCE F2F Lecture
2025
Expert opinion
Who is an expert?
Expert in foreign law
Expert in matters of science or art
Expert in matters of handwriting
Expert in matters of finger impression
Competency of expert
Conflicting expert opinion
Week 3 14 - 20 April OPINION EVIDENCE F2F Lecture + Tutorial
2025
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Non-expert opinion
Opinion as to handwriting
Opinion as to existence of right or
custom
Opinion as to usage and tenets
Opinion as to relationship
Grounds of opinion
Week 4 21 - 27 April CHARACTER EVIDENCE F2F Lecture + Tutorial
2025
Definition
Relevancy and Admissibility of
Character Evidence in Civil Cases
Relevancy and Admissibility of Good
Character in Criminal Cases
Week 5 28 April - 4 CHARACTER EVIDENCE F2F Lecture + Tutorial
May 2025
Relevancy and Admissibility of Bad
1 Mei 2025 Character Evidence in Criminal Cases
(Thursday)
(Labour Day)
Week 6 5 - 11 May WITNESSES F2F Lecture + Tutorial
2025
Competency and Compellability
Privilege
Judicial privilege
Communication during marriage
Affairs of state
Week 7 12 - 18 May WITNESSES F2F Lecture + Tutorial
2025
Privilege
12 Mei 2025 Official communication
(Monday) Information as to commission of offence
(Wesak Day) Professional communication
Privileges to production of document
Privilege of self-incrimination
Week 8 19 - 25 May CORROBORATION F2F Lecture + Tutorial
2025
Meaning Common Test (Individual)
Types of corroboration directions (F2F) (20%)
Topic:1 & 2
Categories of witnesses requiring Date: 23 May 2025 (Friday)
corroboration
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Child Witness
Victims of Sexual Offences
Accomplice
Agent-Provocateur (Undercover Agents)
Co-accused
Week 9 26 May - 1 CORROBORATION F2F Lecture + Tutorial
June 2025
Categories of witnesses requiring
30 – 31 May corroboration
2025 (Friday & Interested Witness
Saturday) Witness who has immoral character
(Harvest Close Relatives
Festival) Witness Remaining in Court During Trial
1 June 2025 Media Publicity of Evidence of Witness
(Sunday) Trap Witness
(Gawai
Festival) Evidence which may amount to
corroboration
Identification evidence
Medical evidence
Previous consistent statement
Distress of the victim
Condition of the victim
Accused’s condition
Accused’s conduct
MID TERM BREAK
2 – 8 June 2025
2 June (Monday) (Gawai Festival / YDPA Birthday)
7 June 2025 (Hari Raya Aidiladha)
Week 10 9 - 15 June BURDEN AND STANDARD OF F2F Lecture + Tutorial
2025 PROOF
Group Assignment (20%)
Burden and standard of proof in criminal Question is given by
cases respective tutors
General Rule on Burden & Standard of Topic: Any topics
Proof in Criminal Cases Release date: 9 June 2025
Standard of Proof Where Prosecution (Monday)
Relies on Circumstantial Evidence Submission: 29 June 2025
Standard of Proof at the End of (Friday)
Prosecution’s Case
BURDEN AND STANDARD OF
PROOF
Burden and standard of proof in criminal
cases
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The Burden of Proof for Accused in:
a. Proving Particular Facts;
b. Proving Defences;
c. Particular Facts Within
Knowledge
Burden and standard of proof in civil
cases
General Rule
Standard of Proof Where There is
Criminal Allegation in Civil Case
Exceptions
Week 11 16 - 22 June DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE F2F Lecture + Tutorial
2025
Meaning
Primary and secondary documents
Public Documents
Week 12 23 - 29 June DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE F2F Lecture + Tutorial
2025
Parole Evidence Rule and Its
27 June 2025 Exceptions
(Friday) (Awal Admissibility of Documents in Civil
Muharram) Cases – Section 73A
Admissibility of Documents Produced by
Computers –S90A, 90B and 90C
Week 13 30 June – 6 DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE F2F Lecture + Tutorial
July 2025
Discussion on Admissibility of Specific
Types of Documents – Proving
Authenticity of Documents
Discussion of Documentary Evidence
Under the Criminal Procedure Code
Week 14 7 - 13 July REVISION F2F Lecture + Tutorial
2025
Common Test (20%) via
uFuture
7 - 11 July 2025 (According
to tutorial slot of each group)
Topic 1-6
Release of Assessment
Marks by Respective Tutors
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REVISION WEEK
14 - 20 July 2025
FINAL EXAMINATION
21 July – 10 August 2025
ASSESSMENT
TYPE DATE %
a. Common Test (Individual) (F2F) 23 May 2025 (Friday) : 20%
Topic 1 and 2
b. Assignment (Group) Release date: 9 June 2025 (Monday) : 20%
Topic: Determined by tutors Submission: 29 June 2025 (Friday)
c. Common Test (via uFuture) 7 - 11 July 2025 (Monday - Friday) : 20%
Topic 1 - 6
d. Final Examination Date TBC : 40%
Total : 100 %
STATUTE
1. Evidence Act 1950
2. Criminal Procedure Code (Act 593)
3. Penal Code (Act 574)
4. Dangerous Drugs Act 1952
5. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009
6. Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007
7. Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017
8. Stamp Act 1952
9. Oaths and Affirmation Act 1949
RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOK
1. Habibah Omar & Mazlina Mahali. Malaysian Law of Evidence (Student Edition). 2024. Sweet &
Maxwell.
2. Habibah Omar & Mazlina Mahali. Practice and Principles of Evidence Law in Malaysia. 2023. Sweet &
Maxwell
OTHER REFERENCES
1. Srimurugan Alagan. Law of Evidence: A Commentary. 2020. Sweet & Maxwell.
2. Jefrey Pinsler, Evidence and the Litigation Process. 2020. Lexis Nexis.
3. Gita Radhakrishnan. Electronic Evidence in Malaysia: Admissibility and Discovery. 2022. Sweet &
Maxwell.
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4. Rafiah Salim, Cheong May Fong. Evidence in Malaysia and Singapore: Cases, Materials and
Commentary. 3rd Edition. 2016. Lexis Nexis.
5. S.C Sarkar. Sarkar Law of Evidence In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Ceylon & Singapore
(Malaysia Edition) (Volume I, II and III). 2016. Lexis Nexis.
6. Ratanlal & Dhirajal (Revised by Dr. Shakil Ahmad Khan). The Law of Evidence. 26th Edition. 2017.
Lexis Nexis.
7. Collin Tapper. Cross and Tapper on Evidence. 12th Edition. 2010. Oxford University Press.
8. Hodge M. Malek. Phipson on Evidence. 19th Edition. 2017. Evidence. Sweet and Maxwell (UK).
LIST OF CASES ACCORDING TO TOPICS
OPINION EVIDENCE
1. Alagappa Chettiar v Collector of Land Revenue [1968] 1 MLJ 243
2. Chandrasekaran & Ors v PP [1971] 1 MLJ 153
3. Chu Chik Sang v Chhi Tiam & Ors [1939] MLJ240
4. Dato Mokhtar Hashim & Anor v PP [1983] 2 MLJ 232
5. Junaidi Bin Abdullah v PP [1993] 3 MLJ 217
6. Khoo Hi Chiang v PP [1994] 2 CLJ 151
7. Leong Wing Kong v PP [1994] 1 SLR(R) 681
8. Leong Wing Kong v PP [1994] 2 SLR 54
9. Nilai 3 Porcelain Inn Sdn Bhd v Berjaya Sompo Insurance Bhd [2013] 9 MLJ 256
10. NV De Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschaappij v The War Damage Commission [1956] MLJ 155
11. Ong Cheng Neo v Yeap Cheah Neo [1872] 1 Ky 326
12. Pembangunan Maha Murni Sdn Bhd v Jururus Ladang Sdn Bhd [1986] 2 MLJ 30
13. Plaza Singapura (Pte) Ltd v Cosdel (S) Pte Ltd & Anor [1990] 2 SLR(R) 22
14. PP v Chia Leong Foo [2000] 6 MLJ 705
15. PP v Chong Wei Kian [1990] 3 MLJ 165
16. PP v Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim [2014] 3 AMR 220
17. PP v Lee Ee Teong [1953] MLJ 244
18. PP v Mohamed Kasim Bin Yatim [1977] 1 MLJ 64
19. PP v Muhamed Bin Sulaiman [1982] 2 MLJ 320
20. PP v Toh Kee Huat [1965] 1MLJ 76
21. R v Toner (1991) 93 Cr App R 382
22. Rv Stockwell (1993) 97 Cr App R 260
23. Sam Hong Choy v PP [1995] 4 MLJ 121
24. Sim Ah Oh v PP [1962] MLJ 42
25. Singapore Finance Ltd v Lim Kah Ngam (S’pore) Pte Ltd [1983-1984] SLR(R) 403
26. Sivagami Achi v PRM Ramanathan Chettiar [1959] MLJ 221
27. Sun Ho Sdn Bhd v Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd & Anor [2008] 6 MLJ 457
28. Syed Abu Bakar Bin Ahmad v PP [1984] 2 MLJ 19
29. Teng Kum Seng v PP [1960] 2 MLJ 225
30. United Asian Bank Bhd v Tai Soon Heng Construction Sdn Bhd [1993] 1 MLJ 182
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
1. DP Vijandran v Karpal Singh & Ors [2000] 3 MLJ 22
2. Girdari Lall & Ors v PP [1946] 1 MLJ 87
3. Kiew Foo Mui v PP [1995] 3 MLJ 505
4. Loke Soo Har v PP [1954] MLJ 149
5. Melvani v PP [1971] 1 MLJ 137
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6. Mood Music Publishing Co Ltd v De Wolfe Ltd [1976] 1 All ER 763
7. Murdoch v Taylor [1965] 1 All ER 406
8. R v Bishop [1975] QB 274
9. R v Britzman; R v Hall [1983] 1 All ER 369
10. R v Clark [1955] 2 QB 469
11. R v Jenkins (1946) 31 Cr App R 1
12. R v Lovett [1973] 1 All ER 744
13. R v Rappolt (1911) 5 Cr App R 156
14. R v Rouse and Burrell [1904] 1 KB 184
15. R v Rowton [1861-73] All ER Rep 549
16. R v Stronach [1988] Crim LR 48
17. R v Turner [1944] KB 463
18. R v Varley [1982] 2 All ER 519
19. R v Vye [1993] 3 All ER 241
20. Sandison v Malayan Times Ltd & Ors [1964] 1 MLJ 332
21. Siah Ooi Choe v PP [1988] 2 MLJ 342
22. Syed Ismail v PP [1967] 2 MLJ 123
WITNESSES
1. AG of Hong Kong v Lorrain Esme Osman & Ors [1993] 2 MLJ 347
2. AG of Hong Kong v Zauyah Wan Chik & Ors and another appeal [1995] MLJU 262
3. B.A Rao & Ors v Sapuran Kaur & Anor [1978] 2 MLJ 146
4. Chai Kor v PP [1965] 2 MLJ 208
5. Chao Chong & Ors v PP [1960] MLJ 238
6. Cheah Cheng Hoc & Ors v Liew Yew Tiam & Ors [2000] 6 MLJ 204
7. Chua Su Yin & Co v Ng Sung Yee & Anor [1991] 2 MLJ 348
8. Dato Au Ba Chi & Ors v Koh Keh Kheng & Ors [1989] 3 MLJ 445
9. Dato’ Anthony See Teow Guan v See Teow Chuan & Anor [2009] 3 MLJ 14
10. Dato’ Seri Ling Liong Sik v Krishna Kumar s/o Sivasubramaniam [2002] 2 MLJ 278
11. Ghouse Bin Haji Kader Mustan v R [1946] MLJ 36
12. Gimbu Bin Sangkaling v R [1958] SCR 114
13. Government of the State of Selangor v Central Lorry Services & Construction Ltd [1972]
14. Government of the State of Selangor v Central Lorry Services & Construction Ltd [1972] 1 MLJ 102
15. Leonard Teoh Hooi Leong v PP [2010] 3 MLJ 373
16. Meridian Asset Management Sdn Bhd v Ong Kheng Hoe & Ors [2010] 7 CLJ 1
17. Palldas a/l Arumugam v PP [1988] 1 CLJ 661
18. PP v Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim [2001] 3 MLJ 193
19. R v GA Phillips [1936] MLJ 106
20. See Teow Chuan & Anor v Dato’ Anthony See Teow Guan [2006] 3 AMR 461
21. Sidek Bin Ludan v PP [1995] 3 MLJ 178
22. Tajuddin Bin Salleh v PP [2008] 1 MLJ 397
23. Takong Tabari v Government of the State of Sarawak [1995] 1 CLJ 403
24. Tan Thian Wah v Tan Tian Kok & Ors [1998] 5 MLJ 801
25. Wix Corporation South East Asia Sdn Bhd v Minister for Labour and Manpower & Ors [1980] 1 MLJ
224
26. Yusaini Bin Mat Adam v PP [1999] 3 MLJ 582
CORROBORATION
1. Ah Mee v PP [1967] 1 MLJ 220
2. Attan Bin Abdul Ghani v PP [1970] 2 MLJ 143
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3. Aziz Bin Muhammad Din v PP [1997] 1 CLJ (Supp) 523
4. Balwant Singh v PP [1960] 1 MLJ 264
5. Chao Chong v PP [1960] MLJ 238
6. Chiu Nan Hong v PP [1965] 1 MLJ 40
7. Daud Bin Awang Ngah v PP [1958] 1 MLJ 168
8. Davies v DPP [1954] 1 All ER 507
9. Din v PP [1964] 1 MLJ 300
10. DPP v Hester [1973] AC 296
11. Francis Antonysamy v PP [2005] 3 MLJ 389
12. Harcharan Singh & Anor v PP [2005] 1 CLJ 11
13. Lim Boon San v PP [1968] 2 MLJ 45
14. Magendran a/l Mohan v PP [2011] 6 MLJ 1
15. Mohd Zuki Bin Ali @ Mohamad v PP [2012] 2 AMR 327
16. Muniandy & Anor v PP [1973] 1 MLJ 179
17. Nasrul Annuar Bin Abdul Samad v PP [2005] 1 MLJ 619
18. PP v Foong Chee Cheong [1970] 1 MLJ 97
19. PP v Mohd Jamil Bin Yahya & Anor [1993] 3 MLJ 702
20. PP v Sarjeet Singh & Anor [1994] 2 MLJ 290
21. PP v Thenegaran a/l Murugan [2013] 3 MLJ 328
22. R v Baskerville [1916] 2 KB 658
23. R v Mullins (1848) 3 Cox CC 526
24. Sidek Bin Ludan v PP [1995] 3 MLJ 178
25. Syed Abu Tahir a/l Mohamed Esmail v PP [1988] 3 MLJ 485
26. Tee Thian See v PP [1996] 3 MLJ 209
27. Yusaini Bin Mat Adam v PP [1999] 3 MLJ 582
BURDEN AND STANDARD OF PROOF
1. Adorna Properties Sdn Bhd v Boonsom Boonyanit @ Sun Yok Eng [2001] 1 MLJ 241
2. Arumugam Mothiyah v PP [1995] 1 CLJ 58
3. Balachandran v PP [2005] 2 MLJ 301
4. Dato’ Mokhtar Hashim & Anor v PP [1983] 2 MLJ 232
5. Ikau anak Mail v PP [1973] 2 MLJ 153
6. International Times & Ors v Leong Ho Yuen [1980] 2 MLJ 86
7. Jayasena v R [1970] AC 618
8. Looi Kow Chai & Anor v PP [2003] 1 CLJ 734
9. Malie Bin Jolhi v Pengarah Jabatan Alam Sekitar (Negeri Sarawak) [2011] 3 MLJ 250
10. Man Bin Abas v PP [1939] MC 160
11. Mat v PP [1963] 1 MLJ 263
12. Miller v Minister of Pensions [1947] 2 All ER 372
13. Mohd Radhi Bin Yaakob v PP [1991] 3 MLJ 169
14. Nagappan a/l Kuppusamy v PP [1988] 2 MLJ 53
15. PP v Hanif Basree Abdul Rahman [2004] 3 CLJ 700
16. PP v Hoo Chee Keong [1997] 4 MLJ 451
17. PP v Kenneth Fook Mun Lee [2003] 3 MLJ 581
18. PP v Lim Kwai Thean [1959] 1 MLJ 179
19. PP v Ling Tee Huah [1982] 2 MLJ 324
20. PP v Mohd Aszzid Abdullah [2008] 1 MLJ 281
21. PP v Mohd Radzi Abu Bakar [2005] 6 MLJ 393
22. PP v Saimin & Ors [1971] 2 MLJ 16
23. Selvaduray v Chinniah [1939] MLJ 253
24. Sinnaiyah & Sons Sdn Bhd v Damai Setia Sdn Bhd [2015] 1 MLJ 1
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25. Sunny Ang v PP [1966] 2 MLJ 195
26. Tan Kim Khuan v Tan Kee Kiat (M) Sdn Bhd [1998] 1 MLJ 697
27. Yau Heng Fang v PP [1985] 2 MLJ 335
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
1. Ahmad Najib Bin Aris v PP [2009] 2 MLJ 613
2. Allied Bank (M) Bhd v Yau Jiok Hua [1998] 6 MLJ 1
3. Allied Bank (Malaysia) Bhd v Yau Jiok Hua [1998] 6 MLJ 1
4. Anthony Gomez v Ketua Polis Daerah Kuantan [1977] 2 MLJ 24
5. Arab Malaysia Merchant Bank Bhd v Chong On Foh Medical Hall & Liquor Dealers [1997] 4 MLJ 532
6. Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi (Malaysia) Bhd v Sim Lim Holdings & Ors [2001] 2 CLJ 474
7. Eushun Properties Sdn Bhd & Ors v MBF Finance Bhd [1992] 2 MLJ 137
8. Ganesan & Anor v Baskaran [1986] 2 MLJ 26
9. Gnanasegaran a/l Pararajasingam v PP [1997] 3 MLJ 1
10. Hanafi Mat Hassan v PP [2006] 4 MLJ 134
11. Jaafar Bin Shaari & Anor v Tan Lip Eng & Anor [1997] 4 CLJ 509
12. Kathihas Jute Mills Ltd v Calcutta Match Works (India) Ltd & Anor AIR 1958 Pat 133\
13. Lee Wee Kin v Menteri Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri Malaysia & Ors [1991] 1 MLJ 472
14. Ng Bee Lian v Fernandes & Anor [1994] 2 SLR 633
15. Noliana Binti Sulaiman v PP [2000] 4 MLJ 752
16. Padang Serai Kilang Kayu Bhd v Khor Kia Fong [1998] 1 MLJ 589
17. Pathmanabhan a/l Nallianen & Ors v PP [2013] 5 MLJ 867
18. Petroliam Nasional Bhd & Ors v Khoo Nee Kiong [2003] 4 MLJ 216
19. PP v Datuk Haji Sahar Arpan [1999] 3 CLJ 427
20. PP v Muammar Gaddafi Bin Mohamad Shafawi (2016) unreported
21. PP v Muhammad Hakimin Bin Azman [2017] MLJU 1024
22. PP v Ong Cheng Heong [1998] 6 MLJ 678
23. PP v Raymond Chia Kin Chwee [1985] 2 MLJ 436
24. PP v Rengasamy [1974] 1 MLJ 223
25. PP v Venkatakrishnan Radhakrisnan [2010] 1 LNS 1783
26. Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd v Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd [2018] MLJU 34
27. Tan Chong & Sons Motor Co Sdn Bhd v Alan McKnight [1983] 1 MLJ 220
28. Voo Min En & Ors v Leong Chung Fatt [1982] 2 MLJ 241
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