Teen can take court ordered DNA test


PUTRAJAYA: The High Court has the power to issue an order for a minor to undergo DNA tests to ascertain the child’s paternity, the Court of Appeal ruled.

This was decided by a three-member panel of judges comprising Justices Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, M. Gunalan and Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali in an appeal concerning a paternity dispute case.

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