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Malaysia: Trio Escape Gallows On Drug Trafficking Charge

Bernama

Thursday 23 Jul 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (Bernama) -- Three men escaped the gallows after the High Court here on Thursday acquitted them of trafficking 2.8kg of cannabis, five years ago.

Car cleaner C.Anbuchelvan, 33, restaurant assistant S.Sangker, 29 and air-condition technician M.Alagendran, 25, walked out free men after judge Lim Yee Lan was satisfied that there was no prima facie case against them for trafficking drugs.

In his judgement, Lim said there were doubts on the weight of the drugs seized at the scene as it was said to be 2,804gm but the weight analysed by the Chemistry Department was 2,813gm.

The parcel of the drugs seized is also not clearly marked, she added.

Lim also questioned why another suspect, who was at the scene and had conversed with the first and third accused, was released.

"He is an important witness because he could tell the court whether a plan being hatched to distribute the drugs," said Lim.

Anbuchelvan, Sangker and Alagendran pleaded not guilty in the High Court here on March 12, 2004 to trafficking 2,813gm of cannabis at Bandar Baru Sentul an 9pm on March 2, 2004.

The prosecution produced nine witnesses.

Anbuchelvan was represented by defence council V.Jayamurugan and Sangker and Alagendran by Rajpal Singh while Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Fuad Othman appeared for the prosecution.

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