JOHOR BARU: Three drug traffickers are facing the gallows after being found guilty of dealing nearly 1.5 tonnes of methamphetamine.
High Court judge Justice Abu Bakar Katar handed down the sentence on Pang Ming Siong, 54, Cheng Foot Leong, 46, and Tok Chun Whei, 41, after ruling that the prosecution had proven the amended charge against them beyond a reasonable doubt.
The judge found the three guilty of trafficking in 1,483,962.98g of methamphetamine.
“The court finds that the prosecution has proven beyond reasonable doubt that all the accused, with common intent, committed the offence as stated in the amended charge.
“The court therefore finds all the accused guilty and convicts them accordingly,” he said when delivering his decision here yesterday.
The accused persons committed the offence at Lot 1162, Kolam Ikan JTM 68 along Jalan Tanah Merah in Taman Desa Cemerlang here at 7.30am on March 19, 2019.
The charge was framed under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and punishable under Section 39B(2) of the same Act.
In an unrelated case, a Singapore-based company director pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court to four charges of cheating three Singaporeans and a Malaysian of RM155,000 in a company investment scheme a decade ago.
Chong Kok Ming, 54, a Singapore permanent resident, is jointly accused with a Singaporean man still at large of deceiving Lim Swee Chong, Lim Swee Joo, Ho Sang Bin and Puah Kot Choon into depositing money into the account of a Malaysian-registered company.
According to the charges, the accused allegedly made false promises, inducing the victims to believe they would be registered as shareholders in a local company and entitled to annual dividends.
The alleged offences took place at a bank in Jalan Cengal, Taman Makmur, Batu Pahat, on Oct 15, 2014.
He was charged under Section 417 of the Penal Code, read with Section 34, which carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both upon conviction.
Sessions judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail then set bail at RM20,000 in total for all charges, with one surety, and fixed Sept 17 for case mention.
Chong posted bail.
