Criminal Law Ii - Law 555 Group Assignment (PLK) : Instructions To The Students
Criminal Law Ii - Law 555 Group Assignment (PLK) : Instructions To The Students
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21 December 2014
26 December 2014 (Friday)
Ben met Pawang, a traditional medicine practitioner, who claims to have King Midas
touch in that Pawang may turns anything he touched into money. Pawang told Ben that
he had to pay RM10,000 for the said process, in return he will get RM1 million. Although
Ben had no money to do so, he nonetheless agreed to it. Ben told Pawang that he will
pay the former in 3 days time.
The next day, Ben who worked as a bank officer took RM10,000 from the vault belonging
to the bank. Ben then paid the money to Pawang. Pawang gave Ben a chest box, as well
as a mantra to be recited and advised him that that it should only be opened in a weeks
time. After a week, Ben opened the chest box only to find a note saying thank you.
Meanwhile, Boboi, Pawangs son is an odd-job worker. One day, Boboi entered into MyFon2U, a shop selling hand phones pretending as a buyer. While Tom, the shop owner
was busy attending to another customer, Boboi took 5 units of brand new Iphone 6. He
then fled the scene in less than a minute. As he left in such a haste, Boboi dropped 2
hand phones on the floor outside the shop.
Bibik, a cleaner while sweeping the floor witnessed the incident. She picked them up and
later sold one of the hand phones to her friend, Joko for RM200. Joko knew the value is
RM2,000 but he nonetheless purchased it as he thought it is a good deal not to be
missed.
In the meantime, Tom realized about Bobois misdeeds. Tom then chased after Boboi.
Tom managed to get hold of Boboi. To angry, Tom hit Boboi several times. Boboi who was
a suffering from epilepsy succumbed into a fit. Boboi had to be admitted into a hospital
for 25 days and had now suffered from a memory loss due to the several episodes of fits.
Evaluate the liability of Pawang, Ben, Tom, Bibik and Joko.
(30 marks)
Instructions to the students :
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Copying will not be tolerated. The offenders will automatically be awarded a mark of zero.
Hence, PLEASE REFRAIN yourself from sharing your answer with another group.
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As stated above, the assignment must be submitted on 26 December 2014, Friday, by 4.00
p.m. at the (Akademik Dua) Faculty of Law Office, Level 4. Marks will be deducted for late
submission.
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