Brothers to hang for drugs
Published on: Wednesday, June 06, 2018
Kota Kinabalu: Two brothers were sentenced to death by the High Court here for trafficking 293.04gm of syabu.Judge Datuk Nurchaya Hj Arshad held that from the testimony of the investigating officer, it was apparent that Section 39B(2A)(d) of the Dangerous Drugs Act did not qualify and therefore both Tan Chun Cheng and Tan Choon Hui were sentenced to death. On April 6, Chun Cheng, 41, and Choon Hui, 39, were found guilty of committing the offence at 7.25pm on Dec 19, 2016 at the Towering Industrial Centre in Penampang.ADVERTISEMENT The investigating officer was re-called to give his statement whether the brothers have provided information that led police to foil a drug trafficking activity.The matter arose pertaining to the sentencing as the amended law relating to Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 comes in effect on March 15, this year. Under the new amendment, any person who is found guilty of trafficking dangerous drugs can be punished with either the death penalty or life in prison and whipping with a minimum of 15 strokes.Prior to the amendment, the offence carries the death penalty upon conviction.ADVERTISEMENT They were found guilty as charged under Section 39B (1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.Deputy Public Prosecutor Gan Peng Kun prosecuted while the brothers were represented by counsel PJ Perira.
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