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Kota Kinabalu:  A 68-year-old man’s death sentence for drug trafficking was commuted to 30 years jail by the Court of Appeal, Monday.

Justices Datuk Supang Lian, Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah and Datuk Wong Kian Kheong, unanimously, allowed Galam Akang’s appeal.

Galam was ordered to serve the imprisonment sentence from the date of his arrest.

Assigned counsel Datuk Ram Singh, representing Galam, informed the court that the representation to the Attorney General’s Chambers had been accepted.

Galam was on Dec 18, 2020, sentenced to death by the Tawau High Court, after been found guilty of trafficking 189.8gm of syabu at 11.30pm on Jan 9, 2018, at the junction of a school at Km 4 Jalan Lahad Datu.

The offence under Section 39B (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 is punishable under Section 39B (2) of the same Act. Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohd Amril Johari appeared for the prosecution as respondent.