In the defence arguments, the accused, represented by Mohd Azhier Farhan bin Arisin, contended among other points that the raiding officer's testimony regarding the accused's own admission and retrieval of the drugs hidden in the back of the car after being read the cautionary words under section 37B (1) (b) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 was implausible. This skepticism arose partly because the raiding officer, upon cross-examination by Azhier, could not recall and recite the cautionary words in open court.
Mahkamah Rayuan tolak rayuan pendakwaan
Kota Kinabalu: Mahkamah Rayuan yang bersidang di sini kelmarin mengekalkan keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu untuk melepaskan dan membebaskan seorang pemuda berusia 36 tahun daripada tuduhan memiliki dadah jenis ganja seberat 63.40 gram di pusat siber cafe Paragon Kepayan, 2 tahun lepas.
Panel 3 Hakim Mahkamah Rayuan dipengerusikan Hakim Dato' Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat bersidang bersama Hakim Dato' Mary Lim Thiam Suan dan Hakim Datuk Yaacob Hj Mohd Sam sebulat suara menolak rayuan pihak pendakwaan setelah mendengar hujahan daripada Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Jasmee Hameeza binti Jaafar dan peguambela responden Azhier Farhan bin Arisin.
Man escapes life imprisonment terms for drugs possession
KOTA KINABALU: A 34 years old local Dusun man escaped life imprisonment after the Sessions Court acquitted and discharged him of drugs possession.
Sessions Court Judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad made the decision on Elton George Junior Gaban after finding that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against him under section 39A(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.