Digital evidence in Malaysia

Abstract

Gita Radhakrishna sets out the changes to the Malaysian Evidence Act 1950 that take into account the admissibility of computer generated documents, and discusses recent case law and the ramifications the changes and further proposed changes will have on presumptions in relation to digital evidence

Index words: Malaysian Evidence Act 1950; amendments; admissibility of computer generated documents; Evidence (Amendment)(No.1) Act 2012; Evidence (Amendment)(No.2) Act 2012; Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002