bahawa jatuh-bangun kes pihak pendakwaan hendaklah bergantung sepenuhnya kepada meritnya sendiri, dan ia tidak boleh dibenarkan untuk mendapat kekuatan daripada kelemahan atau kecacatan dalam keterangan pihak pembelaan ("The evidence for the prosecution must stand or fall on its merits, and cannot be allowed to draw strength from the weaknesses of the evidence for the defence").” [42] Saya tidak bersetuju dengan hujahan Perayu bahawa tidak terdapat keterangan sokongan kepada keterangan Mangsa. Saya mendapati keterangan SP1, SP2, SP4, SP6, SP8 dan SP9 dan eksibit-eksibit foto, Rajah Kasar dan laporan perubatan merupakan keterangan sokongan kepada keterangan Mangsa. Ini selaras dengan keputusan kes-kes berikut: Kong Hong Lai v PP [2011] 7 CLJ 700 CA: "...(1) The medical evidence herein supported the evidence of penetration in that there were two fresh tears within the last 72 hours to the victim's vagina and the medical report also indicated penetration to the vagina by a blunt object which must have been the appellant's penis. Further, it could not be said that the complainant herein had presumed penetration of her vagina as she was fully able to explain why she said there was penetration and described the motion of the appellant while the act of penetration was occurring. The suggestion of the defence that it was something other than the appellant's penis that had penetrated the complainant's vagina was therefore untenable in the circumstances described by her.” Liew Kim Kong v PP [1989] 2 CLJ 914: “When the complainant telephoned her sister on the morning of 10 June, she stated unequivocally that she had been raped, that is to say that there had been penetration. It is true that later in the day, when recounting the incident to her mother, her sister and Angela, the complainant had said that there had been pain but that she did not know if there had been penetration. That apparently surprising statement is explained by the complainant's evident reluctance to speak to her mother about the episode, illustrated by her refusal to communicate when she was seen crying by her mother at 8 am. It is clear from a plain reading of s. 159 of the Evidence Act that evidence of the complaint to the sister on the telephone, and then the complaint to the mother, sister and Angela was admissible as corroboration of the complainant's own evidence as to the offence. It is clear that the learned trial judge looked for corroboration and properly regarded that evidence as corroborative, that is to say as evidence which confirmed in material particulars, not only that the complainant had been raped, but also that the appellant had raped her - see R v. Beck [1982] 1 All ER 807.” [43] Saya juga berpendapat tiada kemungkinan Mangsa mereka-reka cerita atau memberikan keterangan tidak benar kerana ini adalah kes serius yang melibatkan maruah, kehidupan dalam masyarakat serta masa depannya dan keluarganya.