Sibu High Court upholds man’s seven-year jail sentence for drug charges


SIBU: The High Court has dismissed an appeal by a man convicted of consuming dangerous drugs, upholding the seven-year prison sentence and three strokes of the cane handed down by the Kapit Sessions Court last year.

Mohamad Fadzlan Shaini, had pleaded guilty before the Sessions Court on Nov 14, 2024, to consuming dangerous drugs, an offence under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 39C(2) of the same Act.

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