'Innocent' pleads guilty to drug possession


PUTRAJAYA: A Nigerian man escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal here set aside his conviction on two counts of trafficking 1.26kg of cocaine and cannabis.

However, Ngonadi Chibuzor Innocent, 44, as the appellant was convicted of possessing the drugs and was sentenced to 12 years in prison and 20 strokes of the rotan.

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