Mom and son among five charged for drug distribution

The accused, Tay Khai Seng, 34 (second from right), Wang Chei Wei, 41 (centre) and Chan Siew Han, 60 (second from left) being escorted to the courtroom.

JOHOR BARU: Five people, including a mother-and-son and a couple, were slapped with two charges at the Magistrate Court here for drug distribution.

The accused - Wang Chei Wei, 41, and his mother Ah Yee Hwa, 62 - together with their friends Chan Siew Han, 60, Tay Khai Seng, 34, and Yup Zu Jin, 28, only nodded their heads in acknowledgment after the charges were read to them in front of Magistrate Hidayatul Syahida Shamsuddin on Tuesday (Jan 23).