Two Nigerian
college students Mustafa Azmir and Jude Nnamdi Achonye were on Wednesday
December 20, handed the death sentence by a High Court in Shah Alam for
trafficking 3.5 kilogrammes of methamphetamine.
Shah Alam
High Court judge Datuk Abdul Halim Aman made the ruling after finding that the
prosecution had proven a prima facie case against the accused, Azmir, 28, and
Achonye, 30.
According to
the criminal charge brought against them, Azmir and Achonye were accused of
trafficking the drugs at an apartment in Petaling Jaya at 3.30pm on Sept 2,
2014 which is an offense under Section 39B (1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act
1952.
The facts of
the case stated that the accused, who studied at a private college in Kuala
Lumpur, were arrested by police when they accepted several boxes containing the
drug which was delivered by a courier company at the apartment.
Abdul Halim,
in his ruling, said the court had studied testimonies from 13 prosecution
witnesses and two defence witnesses, alongside 73 exhibits tendered during the
trial.
"The
defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt at the end of this case and
presented no testimony that thoroughly refutes the prosecution," he said.
"Besides
that, there were also discrepancies in testimonies of the accused and their
defence only amounted to denial without concrete evidence," he said.
Deputy
public prosecutor Mohd Rehan Mohd Aris appeared for the prosecution, while the
accused were represented by lawyer Leonard Anselm Gomes.
0 Comments