Pelaksanaan Prosiding Reman dalam Era COVID-19 di Malaysia dan India: Pengajaran dan Cadangan Penambahbaikan di Malaysia (Implementation of Remand Proceedings in the COVID-19 Era in Malaysia and India: Lessons and Recommendations for Improvement in Malaysia)

Abidah binti Rahim, Muhamad Sayuti Hassan, Yeoh Hui Xian, Nur Aliah binti Amran

Abstract


The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The spread of COVID-19 is increasingly worrying, and it has brought significant challenges to the implementation of remand proceedings in every country, especially Malaysia and India, which are the subjects of discussion in this article. According to the law, a remand application must be made to the Magistrate if the investigation cannot be completed within 24 hours so that the suspect can be further detained for a certain period of time ordered by the Magistrate to complete the investigation. These unprecedented challenges have also caused difficulties in carrying out the remand proceedings in accordance with the existing laws. This article adopts the library method fully concerning the reading materials such as books, articles and reported cases. This article analyses the implementation of remand proceedings in Malaysia and India in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article further compares the implementation of remand proceedings in Malaysia and India during the COVID-19 pandemic. This current study suggests improvements to the existing implementation of remand proceedings in Malaysia in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article found that Malaysia and India have taken steps in overcoming the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the prisons where the remand prisoners are located. There are similarities and differences in the implementation of remand proceedings between Malaysia and India during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article also suggests various steps taken by Malaysia to improve the remand proceedings in Malaysia in this era of COVID-19 pandemic on the opinion that the existing actions taken are still insufficient.

 

Abstrak

Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) telah mengisytiharkan penularan COVID-19 di seluruh dunia sebagai pandemik pada 11 Mac 2020. Penularan COVID-19 ini semakin hari semakin membimbangkan dan telah membawa cabaran yang sangat besar kepada pelaksanaan prosiding reman di seluruh negara, khususnya negara Malaysia dan India. Cabaran-cabaran yang belum pernah dihadapi ini juga telah menimbulkan kesukaran dalam melaksanakan prosiding reman mengikut undang-undang yang sedia ada kerana menurut undang-undang, satu permohonan reman perlu dibuat kepada Majistret sekiranya siasatan tidak boleh diselesaikan dalam tempoh 24 jam supaya suspek boleh ditahan lanjut bagi satu tempoh masa tertentu yang diperintahkan oleh Majistret untuk menyempurnakan siasatan. Penulisan artikel ini menggunakan kaedah kepustakaan dengan rujukan kepada bahan bacaan seperti buku, artikel dan laporan kes. Artikel ini menganalisis pelaksanaan prosiding reman yang diamalkan di negara Malaysia dan India dalam era pandemik COVID-19. Artikel ini seterusnya membandingkan pelaksanaan prosiding reman antara Malaysia dengan India semasa pandemik COVID-19. Artikel ini seterusnya mencadangkan penambahbaikan yang boleh dipertimbangkan ke atas pelaksanaan prosiding reman yang sedia ada di Malaysia dalam era pandemik COVID-19. Artikel ini mendapati bahawa Malaysia dan India telah mengambil langkah dalam menangani cabaran yang dihadapi semasa wabak COVID-19 melanda penjara-penjara di mana tahanan reman berada. Terdapat persamaan dan perbezaan dalam pelaksanaan prosiding reman antara negara Malaysia dengan India sewaktu pandemik COVID-19 dan terdapat amalan di negara India yang boleh dijadikan panduan oleh Malaysia. Artikel ini juga telah mencadangkan pelbagai langkah yang boleh diambil oleh Malaysia untuk menambahbaikkan pelaksanaan prosiding reman di Malaysia dalam era pandemik COVID-19 ini atas pandangan bahawa langkah yang sedia ada masih tidak mencukupi.

Kata kunci: COVID-19; Malaysia; India; prosiding; pandemik; reman


Keywords


COVID-19; Malaysia; India; proceedings; pandemic, remand

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