Former cook escapes gallows as High Court frees him of murder charge

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A former cook escaped the hangman’s noose when the High Court in Johor Baru freed him of the murder of a 24-year-old man.  Calvin Phua Kim Hau walked out of the court a free man on Thursday (Dec 19) after the prosecution was found to have failed to establish a prima facie case against him.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2r9eut2y  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A former cook escaped the hangman's noose when the High Court in Johor Bahru freed him

00:07of the murder of a 24-year-old man.

00:1027-year-old Kalvin Pua Kim Howe walked out of the court a free man on Thursday after

00:15the prosecution was found to have failed to establish a prima facie case against him.

00:22In his judgment, Justice Datuk Abu Bakar Katar said the prosecution failed to prove that

00:27the victim, John Liu Yuan's death, was caused by injuries inflicted by the accused.

00:33The court also ruled that two prosecution witness statements did not conclusively link

00:37Pua to the fatal stabbing.

00:39Judge Abu Bakar said the accused's mere presence at the scene, without other actions, was not

00:44enough to link him to the murder.

00:47The prosecution was represented by Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shafiq Mohamed Ghazali,

00:53while Pua was represented by lawyer Mohamed Daud Ismail.

00:57Pua was accused of murdering the victim at the guardhouse of an apartment unit in Jalan

01:02Masai, Jaya, at around 2.30 am on June 3, 2018.

01:08The offence was framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code for Murder, which carries a

01:14death sentence upon conviction.

01:17Thirteen prosecution witnesses testified in the trial, which began in 2022.

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