11.   He made the ruling when allowing a preliminary objection raised by Repco over the legal standing of two Securities Commission prosecuting officers in its case.

12.   However, prosecuting officer Chief Inspector Idris Abdul Rahman said the Deputy Public Prosecutor had not dropped the second charge but would only press sentence on the first charge.

13.   However, it has been argued that civil action is a more effective alternative than relying on prosecuting officers who are often bogged down and ill-equipped.

14.   Immigration prosecuting officer Selvaraja Chinniah prosecuted before magistrate Amir Hamzah.

15.   It provides grounds for prosecuting senior officers responsible for planning and ordering atrocities rather than the troops who carried out the orders.

16.   It provides grounds for prosecuting senior officers responsible for planning and ordering atrocities rather than focusing only on the troops who carried out their orders.

17.   Police intervened and the officer was prosecuted.

18.   Police said the officers are being prosecuted on the basis of circumstantial evidence, mainly on blood and ballistics tests.

19.   Prosecuting officer from the department, Ismail Mahmod, asked the court for an appropriate sentence as the case involved a large number of protected and totally protected animals.

20.   Prosecuting officer, Chief Inspector Usuf Jan asked for a deterrent sentence as a lesson to the accused.