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Criminal procedure [2023] SGHC 135

OW GAN WEE v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed a sentencing appeal and upheld eight years’ preventive detention for repeated theft and drug offences, finding the term was not manifestly excessive.

  • Preventive detention
  • Persistent offenders
  • Manifestly excessive test
  • Sentencing principles
  • Mandatory aftercare scheme
  • Corrective training
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Criminal procedure and sentencing [2021] SGHC 23

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ABDUL KAHAR BIN OTHMAN

The High Court granted a CDSA confiscation order against Abdul Kahar bin Othman, assessing drug benefits at $167,429.51 and ordering realisation of cash and bank funds.

  • Confiscation order
  • Realisable property
  • Presumption of unexplained wealth (s4(4) cdsa)
  • Assessment of benefits (s7 cdsa)
  • Gifts caught by cdsa (s12(7))
  • Recovery and certification (s10 cdsa)
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Criminal law [2002] SGHC 311

Public Prosecutor v Rusli bin Sembayang

The High Court convicted the accused of trafficking 1,100.2g of cannabis, relying on his statements and the statutory presumption under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

  • Possession
  • Trafficking
  • Presumptions under misuse of drugs act s 17
  • Confession and retraction
  • Admissibility of statements
  • Drug-trafficking
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Criminal law [2001] SGHC 296

Public Prosecutor v Rajagopalan Tamilarasan and Another

The High Court convicted two men of capital drug trafficking involving 1,648.8 grams of cannabis, finding both knew the bag’s contents and acted together.

  • Trafficking
  • Possession
  • Knowledge
  • Conspiracy
  • Abetment
  • Statements under s122(6) cpc
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Criminal law [2001] SGCA 43

Muhammad Afzal Khan v Public Prosecutor

The Court of Appeal upheld Muhammad Afzal Khan’s conviction for abetting trafficking in diamorphine, finding the recordings and surrounding evidence proved a drug conspiracy.

  • Conspiracy
  • Abetment
  • Misuse of drugs act
  • Admissibility of co-accused confession
  • Audio-visual evidence
  • Credibility assessment
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