Growing ganja in room gets Penampang man life imprisonment

KOTA KINABALU: A man who planted cannabis in his room in Penampang has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sessions Court here.

Sessions Court judge Elsie Primus also ordered the 28-year-old Nicklen Jaccqres to be given seven strokes of the rotan after finding him guilty.

Jaccqres was found guilty of possessing and planting a 44.7cm cannabis tree weighing 6.36g at a room at house in Kampung Bahang at 2.40pm on Aug 19, 2020.

He was convicted under Section 6B (1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which provides for life imprisonment and no less than six strokes of the rotan on conviction.

Jaccqres, who was unemployed at the time he was arrested, on Aug 19, 2020, was charged in court on Sept 2, 2020 and pleaded not guilty on Jan 14, 2021.

Judge Primus ordered his sentence to run from the date of his arrest.