Malaysia legislation
Section 10L
Section 10L
(a)
no witness shall be regarded as an accomplice by reason only of such witness having—
(i)
accepted, received, obtained, solicited, agreed to accept or receive, or attempted to obtain any sum of money from a moneylender; or
(ii)
been in any manner concerned in the commission of such offence or having knowledge of the commission of the offence;
(b)
no agent provocateur, whether or not he is an Inspector or police officer, shall be presumed to be unworthy of credit by reason only of his having attempted to commit or having abetted the commission of, or having abetted or having been engaged in a criminal conspiracy to commit, such offence if the main purpose of the attempt to commit, abetment in the commission of, or abetment or engagement in the criminal conspiracy to commit, the offence was to secure evidence against such person; and
38 Laws of Malaysia ACT 400
(c)
any statement, whether oral or written, made to an agent provocateur by such person shall be admissible as evidence at his trial.
(2)
Notwithstanding any written law or rule of law to the contrary, a conviction for any offence under this Act solely on the uncorroborated evidence of any accomplice or agent provocateur shall not be illegal and no such conviction shall be set aside merely because the court which tried the case has failed to refer in the grounds of its judgement to the need to warn itself against the danger of convicting on such evidence.
Protection of informers and information