2 Jul 2025
[Timbalan (TPR), Jabatan Peguam Negara] WESLEY LOH CHEE YOU
- Citation
- CB-45A-8-10/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- CB-45A-8-10/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the seized exhibits were methamphetamine totalling 769.9g (P9) and that the accused had possession, control and knowledge of the bag containing the drugs as shown by witness testimony and CCTV; chain of custody and laboratory explanations were sufficient so the s37(da) presumption of trafficking applied and the defence failed to rebut it on the balance of probabilities; accused convicted under s39B(1)(a) DDA and, having considered sentencing principles including abolition of mandatory death penalty and facts of the case, death was not appropriat…