The High Court in Ipoh has scheduled four days in January to hear testimonies from two Indonesian witnesses regarding additional evidence submitted by Paul Yong Choo Kiong, who was convicted of raping his former maid. The defense team is awaiting confirmation from the witnesses in Jakarta, and the victim's testimonial remains under consideration.
IPOH: The High Court here has fixed four days in January to call two witnesses from Indonesia regarding additional evidence submitted by former Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong Choo Kiong, who was convicted of raping his former maid. Paul Yong rape case : Apex court allows bid to introduce new evidence
Asked if the victim would be brought to testify again, Salim said the defence team would"try our best to bring her if we cannot, we will inform the court.Lead senior counsel Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik said Tuesday's proceeding in chambers was pursuant to an order by the Federal Court, which had allowed the defence application to make an additional application.“Thus the Federal Court asked us to return to the High Court, where the additional evidence will be evaluated...
The appellate court's three-member bench, however, reduced Yong’s prison sentence from 13 years to eight with two strokes of the cane.It was reported on Nov 12 that the Federal Court had allowed Yong’s application to offer additional evidence in his appeal. Justice Harmindar, who sat with Justices Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang and Datuk Hanipah Farikullah, then sent the case back to the High Court and fixed Nov 26 for case management.
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