Two men are celebrating their freedom this Ramadan after being acquitted of drug trafficking charges that could have resulted in the death penalty.
The Johor Baru High Court ruled on Friday (March 14) that the prosecution failed to prove their case.
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The Johor Baru High Court ruled on Friday (March 14) that the prosecution failed to prove their case.
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00:00Two men are celebrating their freedom this Ramadan after being acquitted of serious drug
00:06trafficking charges.
00:08Muhammad Aufa Bonadi, 28, and Abbas Ahmad, 35, walked free from the Johor Bahru High
00:15Court on Friday after Judge Khan Wanghin acquitted and discharged them of the offence.
00:21The duo had been facing the death penalty under section 39B subsection 1A of the Dangerous
00:27Drugs Act 1952 for allegedly distributing approximately 32 kilograms of methamphetamine.
00:35In his ruling, Judge Khan stated that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima
00:41facie case against both accused.
00:44A key factor in his decision was the lack of connection between the boat where the drugs
00:49were allegedly found near a homestay at Telok Sengat in Kota Tinggi on May 22, 2020, and
00:58the two men.
00:59The court heard that the homestay had been previously rented to an Indonesian in March,
01:05while the accused only rented it in May.
01:08Judge Khan also noted there was no evidence placing the accused at the scene, and criticised
01:14the prosecution's failure to identify and retrieve information from three confiscated
01:19phones.
01:21The prosecution has not yet indicated if they will appeal the decision.