Court bars 2 from acting as bailors after accused fails to turn up
A Malaysian High Court judge has barred two individuals from acting as bailors in future criminal cases after they failed to produce an accused Chinese national. The judge expressed suspicion regarding the bailors' lack of connection to the accused and their inability to provide clear employment details.
Why it matters
This highlights judicial efforts to crack down on professional bail-jumping and potential exploitation of the bail system by individuals with questionable motives.
Share Judge tells duo he will act if he sees their names in any other bail bond. Justice Aslam Zainuddin told Lin Wei Jan and Kamarul Arifin Zamani they are barred from acting as bailors in any future criminal cases. KUALA LUMPUR : The High Court here today barred two sureties from acting as bailors after the accused they had bailed failed to appear in court. Justice Aslam Zainuddin also ordered the forfeiture of a RM2,400 bail bond to the government after the sureties – Lin Wei Jan and Kamarul Arifin Zamani – failed to locate Huang Zhixin, 33, a Chinese national charged with a drug-related offence.
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