Guan Eng can't be charged again for same offence, says DAP man

'Double jeopardy' rule does not allow for him to be charged even if there is fresh evidence, says Ramkarpal Singh. FMTNews LimGuanEng

Lim Guan Eng and a businesswoman were charged and later acquitted regarding his purchase of a bungalow in Penang.

The party’s legal bureau chairman, Ramkarpal Singh, said the “double jeopardy” rule in the Federal Constitution does not allow a person to be charged a second time for the same offence. Charges against Lim and businesswoman Phang Li Khoon were dropped in September 2018 and the court granted them an acquittal. The public prosecutor did not appeal against the decision.

Ramkarpal said Article 7 of the Federal Constitution states that a person cannot be tried again for the same offence unless the conviction or acquittal has been quashed and a retrial ordered by a higher court.

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