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Malaysia Case Law

Alternative/plea charge
  • 14 Jan 2025

    MUHAMMAD FAIZ BIN MOHD ISA

    Citation
    B-05(SH)-393-09/2023 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
    Court
    SH
    Case number
    B-05(SH)-393-09/2023 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

    The Court accepted the prosecution's representation to amend the first charge to one under section 6 of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952; appellants pleaded guilty to the amended charge, the Court assessed mitigation and sentencing precedents involving similar quantities of cannabis, balanced public interest and deterrence, and substituted the conviction accordingly, imposing nine years' imprisonment from date of arrest and ten strokes; appeals against the second and third charges were dismissed/withdrawn.