Dec 18 case mention of man charged with having, planting cannabis tree

Kota Kinabalu: The court set Dec 18 for mention the case of a 24-year-old man charged with having and planting cannabis tree.

The date was fixed for Nicklen Jaccqres in view of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO).

The chemist’s report on the drug is also still pending.

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Nicklen is accused of having and planting one cannabis tree at 2.40pm on Aug 19 this year at a room of a house in Kg Bahang, Jalan Hungab, Penampang.

The offence under Section 6B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and punishable under Section 6B(3) of the same Act which provides for a life imprisonment, and whipping at least six strokes of the cane, on conviction.

So far, no plea was taken from Nicklen when he was brought to court.

Meanwhile, the pre-trial case management of a 34-year-old typist charged with cheating 127 people of RM5,334 has been rescheduled to Dec 16 this year.

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Rohani Mohd Ismail whose case was supposed to be for case management, was adjourned due to the CMCO.

She allegedly committed the offence at 2.30pm on Nov 22, 2018 at Areney Enterprise, Jalan Haji Yaakob in Kg Air here.

The charge stated that Rohani allegedly typed 127 letters addressed to a former Deputy Home Minister to apply for support to approve entry permit registrations and MyPR cards.

The charge also stated that Rohani allegedly deceived the people by making them to believe that such application letter could convert IMM13 document to MyPR which induced the alleged victims to pay her RM42 for each application.

According to the charge, Rohani allegedly obtained a total of RM5,334 from 127 people on that day.

Rohani had on June 11, 2019 claimed trial to the charge under Section 420 of the Penal Code which provides for a jail term of between one and 10 years, and whipping and fine, upon conviction.

Her bail was extended.