Drugs: Two Filipinos jailed plus 10 strokes
Published on: Friday, September 04, 2009
Kota Kinabalu: Two Filipinos were jailed 11 years and 10 years and ordered given 10 strokes of the cane each by the Sessions Court here Thursday for being in possession of drugs.Painter Mukim Tamang, 49, was found guilty of having 11 packets of syabu weighing 38.76gm at 9.15pm on Dec 11, 2007 at a roadside in Inanam Jaya, Inanam.Judge Ismail Brahim ordered Mukim to serve his 11 years' imprisonment from the date of his arrest on Dec 11, 2007.
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In his judgement, Ismail held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.Counsel Hamid Ismail, who represented Mukim, applied for leniency, saying it was the accused's first offence and that the amount of drug was not massive.Hamid said his client, who had been under remand for two years, has two wives with eight children aged between one and nine years.Deputy Public Prosecutor Shukor Abu Bakar, however, urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence on the grounds that drugs are the country's number one enemy.
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He said the court should not only see the drug amount but the impact of drugs on society.Mukim was found guilty after seven prosecution and six defence witnesses testified.
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Meanwhile, the other Filipino, Rena Hassan, was ordered to serve 10 years' jail after he pleaded guilty to having 195.6gm of cannabis.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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