Kota Kinabalu: A paperless Filipino was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered given 12 strokes of the cane by the High Court for trafficking in 105.27gm of syabu.
Labourer Sisal Hasan, 36, was found guilty by Judge Leonard David Shim to committing the offence at 5.10pm on April 11, 2019 by the roadside of Lorong Bandar Putra 1C, Manggatal.
In delivering his decision, Leonard held that the court found that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt, pursuant to subsection 182A(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
“The court finds the accused guilty as charged and convicts him of the offence he is charged with under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
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Sisal was also ordered to be referred to the Immigration Department after completing his sentence.
On Feb 24, this year, Sisal was ordered to enter his defence to the charge under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, on Aug 5, 2021.
The charge is punishable under Section 39B (2) of the same Act carries the death sentence or imprisonment for life and whipping not less than 15 strokes if not sentenced to death, on conviction.
Sisal gave evidence under oath in his defence while the prosecution called three witnesses during the prosecution’s stage.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Siti Hajar Mazlan prosecuted while Sisal was represented by counsel Mark Sitiwin.
Meanwhile, a 56-year-old man, who fraudulently had RM7,000 deposited into his bank account was fined RM100 or 14 days jail by the Magistrate’s Court.
Azhar Khalidin of Kuala Lumpur pleaded guilty before Magistrate Wan Farrah Farriza Wan Ghazali to having the money in his AmBank account, in which he failed to give a satisfactory explanation on how he obtained them on May 17, this year.
The offence under Section 22A (1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance provides a fine of up to RM100 or up to three months jail or both, on conviction.
Unrepresented, Azhar requested leniency by saying that he was not working and only depending on his children.
In another case, a man claimed trial for having a stolen laptop.
Wan Ekrie Ahmad pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Lovely Natasha Charles to keeping the stolen gadget at 9pm on July 20, 2021 at Kg Baru Luyang here.
The charge is framed under Section 411 of the Penal Code.
The court set Sept 26 for pre-trial case management and ordered Ekrie, who is currently serving sentence on another offence, to be further remanded.
Inspectors Albert Basiri and Kelvan Elson Maik prosecuted.
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