Malaysian escapes the gallows after Singaporean court acquits him


SINGAPORE (Bernama): A Malaysian bus driver, Mangalagiri Dhruva Kumar, escaped the noose on Wednesday (May 18) after he was acquitted by the Singapore High Court.

The prosecution’s case is that on May 16,2014, he handed a bag containing not less than 22.73 grams of diamorphine to a woman named Shanti Krishnan who then handed the drugs to Zainudin Mohamed.

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