Kota Kinabalu: A 40-year-old was tentatively charged at the Magistrate’s Court here with trafficking 57.82gm of syabu.
No plea was recorded from Ag Rizwan Lasikan when the charge was read before Magistrate Marilyn Kelvin.
Rizwan is accused of committing the offence at 2.50pm on July 12 by the roadside of Puri Warisan, Inanam.
The charge, framed under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA) 1952, carries the mandatory death penalty or life imprisonment, along with a minimum of 15 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
The court set Sept 18 for mention, pending the chemist’s report.
Rizwan was ordered to remain in custody as the offence is non-bailable.
In another case, a 48-year-old man was jailed six weeks and fined RM100 or one week’s jail for failing to provide a reasonable explanation for having a stolen laptop.
Rudy Wong pleaded guilty before Magistrate Dzul Elmy Yunus to being found in possession of a laptop, for which he failed to provide a satisfactory explanation of how he obtained it, at 3.15pm on July 18 at the car park of Block A, Lido Four Seasons, Jalan Lintas Kepayan.
Wong was charged under Section 22A(1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance (Chapter 80) of Sabah.
The court heard from the prosecution that the complainant discovered her home had been broken into on July 12, with her belongings, including a laptop, missing.
Wong was arrested on July 18 at the car park of Block A of the residency for the offence.
Unrepresented, Wong pleaded for leniency and apologised to the court, saying he had an ageing mother to care for.
The prosecution, however, urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence and also informed that the estimated loss suffered by the complainant was RM1,000.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Kareena Kaur Gill Karamjit Singh and Inspector Yusdi Basri prosecuted.
