13 Jun 2024
MOHAMAD FAIZAL BIN MOHAMAD NOOR
- Citation
- JC-83D-539-05/2022 (Mahkamah Majistret)
- Court
- Magistrates' Court
- Case number
- JC-83D-539-05/2022 (Mahkamah Majistret)
Prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case: although chemical analysis identified methamphetamine, significant doubts existed as to possession and knowledge due to unreliable and incomplete police evidence, inadmissible/compromised photographic evidence (no s90A compliance and admitted editing), failure to call a material arresting officer, unexplained discrepancies in reported weights and delay in issuing the chemical report, and lack of demonstrated chain of custody; on maximum evaluation these defects defeated the prosecution case and warranted acquittal without calling the accused to…