High Court acquits couple of three drug charges


Free to go home: Yong (second from left) and Felicia leaving the Ipoh High Court with their lawyers Selvam (right)and Gayathrie (left). —RONNIE CHIN/The Star

IPOH: A contractor and his wife were acquitted and discharged of three drug charges at the Ipoh High Court.

Justice Abdul Wahab Mohamed made the decision after finding the prosecution had failed to prove the allegations against Yong Shin Haw, 48, and Felicia Diong Chew Li, 38.

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