11 Jan 2024
[TIMBALAN ] ZOWIE CHOONG KIM LIANG
- Citation
- BA-45A-6-02/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- BA-45A-6-02/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court held the guilty pleas were validly entered with proper translation and legal representation; after weighing mitigation (mental illness, early plea, cooperation, family support) against aggravating factors (multiple and large-quantity trafficking offences and public interest in deterrence), the appropriate sentence for trafficking counts is life imprisonment and 12 strokes and for possession counts three years' imprisonment, all sentences to run concurrently from date of arrest.