The Pioneer DVD Player and the Prosecution’s Alleged “Sleight-of-Hand”In the Defence's closing submissions, Defence argued that the Prosecution's demonstration of the Pioneer DVD player was a "sleight-of-hand". This was also addressed in Justice Chan Seng Onn's High Court judgment.
The Video Recording: 'The Karang Guni Man Help Me to Move'During the trial, the video was played several times: during the examination of Karl Liew, of Heather Lim, and Mdm Ng. Karl testified that this video was taken by Heather halfway or three-quarters of the way of their opening the three jumbo boxes.
The Three Boxes: Misleading and Inaccurate Sketch by PoliceIn Defence’s submissions, it was noted that this sketch contained “non-contemporaneous information” regarding the location of the three boxes. In other words, Goh had drawn three boxes in his sketch, when there were no longer three boxes present at the time at the house.
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The Police Statements: Language, Interpretation, and Procedural JusticeAt the State Court, IO Amir testified that Parti was speaking to him in Bahasa Indonesia. When Defence Counsel asked IO Amir: “So you could have interpreted some of the Bahasa Indonesia words in a different way, correct? Yes or no?” IO Amir said, “Yes.”
The First Police ReportThe First Information Report (FIR), or police report, was filed by Liew Mun Leong on 30 October 2020. Mr Liew was accompanied by his son, Karl Liew. Defence had noted in its defence submissions that Mr Liew had a “somewhat laissez-faire approach to the precision of the contents...”
The Valuation of Items on the Charge Sheets: The Broken & Counterfeit WatchesDefence counsel Anil Balchandani pointed out that it was problematic to allow complainants to set the value of items, as this means complainants are able to influence sentencing benchmarks.
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