PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has revived the criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering charges brought against a company director, overturning a High Court ruling that had quashed them on grounds of bias.
A three-member bench chaired by Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah ruled that the High Court had erred in relying on the notes of proceedings in a civil case to conclude that Tan Hoo Eng’s right to a fair investigation had been violated.
Sequerah said Section 33 of the Evidence Act 1950 bars evidence adduced during a civil trial from being used in criminal proceedings. He added that the case did not fall within any of the exceptions to that provision.