Singapore Apex court acquits two men of cannabis trafficking; one had been given death penalty


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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Two men who were initially convicted of drug trafficking - one of whom was sentenced to the death - were acquitted by the Court of Appeal on Friday (May 27).

The three-judge court, led by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, allowed the appeal of Raj Kumar Aiyachami, 40, against his conviction and mandatory death sentence for drug trafficking.

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