Two men acquitted of drug possession charge

PUTRAJAYA: Two men breathed a sigh of relief after the Court of Appeal on Monday (June 20) set aside their sentences of 23 years in jail and 20 lashes for the possession of methamphetamine weighing 51.7kg, seven years ago.

A three-judge panel led by Hanipah Farikullah ordered Lee Yuan Cheong, 32, a former restaurant worker and Poen Thiam Leong, 49, a fruit seller to be discharged and acquitted after finding the convictions and sentences handed down by the High Court were unsafe.