Tuesday October 17, 2006
Electrician’s death sentence upheld
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court dismissed an electrician’s appeal against his death sentence for trafficking in almost 1kg of cannabis 13 years ago.
Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Justice Richard Malanjum and Federal Court Justices Arifin Zakaria and Nik Hashim Nik Ab Rahman rejected Mohd Azhar Saad’s counsel Datuk K. Kumaraendran’s contention that the Court of Appeal had erred in law when it accepted his client’s statement made to a lance corporal at the time of his arrest.
In November 1994, the High Court found Mohd Azhar, 38, guilty of trafficking in the drug at the Bukit Kayu Hitam immigration complex in Kedah on July 6, 1993.
His appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed in August 2001.
Yesterday, Kumaraendran told the Federal Court that for a statement to be admissible as evidence, it must be made to a police inspector or an officer of higher rank.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Manoj Kurup countered that the evidence of trafficking was overwhelming as Mohd Azhar had been caught in possession of the drug.
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