Jobless man escapes the gallows

KUCHING: An unemployed man missed the gallows for distributing 855.8 grams of syabu, when the Federal Court substituted the charge to possession of drugs. A three-judge Federal Court panel headed by Chief Justice of Malaya, Tan Seri Azahar Mohamed along with Chief Justices of Sabah and Sarawak, Tan Seri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and Datuk […]

Nigerian escapes gallows after being acquitted of drug trafficking charge

KUCHING: A former Nigerian student liaison officer escaped the gallows when the Federal Court reversed his conviction and death sentence for the offence of trafficking methamphetamine weighing 158.30g six years ago. A three-judge panel chaired by Datuk Seri Mohd Zawawi Salleh with Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan and Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli unanimously found that the evidence […]