Man in Muar escapes gallows after being acquitted of drug charges

MUAR: A 55-year-old man escaped the gallows after the High Court here acquitted and discharged him of drug charges from five years ago.

Lim Hwah Leong was charged with trafficking 178.36g of methamphetamine, 76.58g of heroin and Monoacetylmorphine, 6.79g of Nimetazepam and 0.45g Monoacetylmorphine

He was charged under Section 12(3) of the Dangerous Drugs Act and Section 39B of the same Act, which carries a death sentence upon conviction.

He was arrested on July 16, 2017 at about 8.15pm in a villa at Lorong Haji Kaprawi, Jalan Kluang, Batu Pahat where he was alleged to be involved in the sale of the drugs.

In delivering her judgment, Judge Datuk Halijah Abbas said that the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused.

She said that there are also inconsistencies among the three witnesses of the prosecution on how the drugs appeared in the room at Lorong Haji Kaprawi, Jalan Kluang, Batu Pahat.

The accused was represented by lawyers G. Subramaniam Nair, Nurfatin Amirah, Harpreet Kaur and Dhanesh Subramaniam Nair.

Meanwhile, Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhammad Azfar Mahmod prosecuted the case.