Consider the iconic opening scene from The Dark Knight (2008) where Joker orchestrates a heist where each robber is instructed to kill the other after completing their part, unaware they’re being used. Every robber is acting under a common criminal plan. That particular scene vividly illustrates both the legal and practical perspective of how accomplice liability works, as interpreted by Malaysian courts – a concept we will explore further in this article.

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