2019
DOI: 10.2478/ajis-2019-0016
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The Assessment of Expert Evidence on DNA in Malaysia

Abstract: One of the most common forms of evidence used by the Public Prosecutor in a courtroom to prove a case is DNA evidence. The DNA evidence process started when the police collected the physical evidence relevant to the alleged offence at the crime scene. The collected evidence will then usually be sent to the Department of Chemistry Malaysia for DNA analysis. The chemist will extract the DNA from the relevant physical evidence by using specific techniques. The outcome of the analysis will be used to complete the … Show more

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“…The collection of primary and secondary data included library research and the use of publicly accessible data sources, mainly the Internet. Using the content analysis approach, each piece of information was critically evaluated and analysed [ 8 ]. The article applied a qualitative method by highlighting literature from within and outside the country based on primary and secondary sources that discuss the issue of children’s rights.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The collection of primary and secondary data included library research and the use of publicly accessible data sources, mainly the Internet. Using the content analysis approach, each piece of information was critically evaluated and analysed [ 8 ]. The article applied a qualitative method by highlighting literature from within and outside the country based on primary and secondary sources that discuss the issue of children’s rights.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Malaysia, the general principle of the law of evidence in civil courts is that all facts that are relevant to the facts in issue or relevant facts are admissible as provided in section 5 of Evidence Act 1950. In determining whether or not a fact is a relevant fact to the case, the fact which sought to be proved by means of evidence must be those falling under any of those in sections 6 to 55 of the Act (Ramalinggam Ramalinggam et al, 2019), regardless of whether it fulfils the criteria of common sense and logic as those required under the common law. This position could be seen in DPP v Kilbourne [1973] AC 729;R v Randall [2003] UKHL 69.…”
Section: Evidence Of Expert Witness Under the Evidence Act 1950mentioning
confidence: 99%