Deliveryman freed of drug trafficking charge


MELAKA: A 44-year-old former despatch rider escaped the death penalty after the High Court in Ayer Keroh here acquitted and discharged him of trafficking 10.8kg of methamphetamine.

Justice (Datuk) Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid delivered the verdict on Tuesday (April 22) after the defence successfully raised reasonable doubt in the case against Yee Kok Chong at the end of the defence proceeding.

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