Hotel worker walks free after being acquitted of drug charge


Mohd Azmie Indra hugged by his sister after the Sandakan High Court acquitted him of a drug trafficking charge.

KOTA KINABALU: A 31-year-old hotel worker facing the gallows for drug trafficking was freed by the Sandakan High Court on Monday (Nov 27).

Mohd Azmie Indra walked away a free man after Justice Celestina Stuel Galid acquitted him of charges of trafficking drugs that carry the mandatory death penalty.

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