Married couple, friend escape the gallows after High Court acquits them of drug trafficking

SEREMBAN: Three people, including a couple, escaped the gallows after the High Court here acquitted them for a drug trafficking charge.

In his judgement here on Wednesday (April 14), Judge Azizul Azmi Adnan said the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against crane driver P. Sivaprakash, his wife S. Thulasy, both 49, and their friend, a contract worker, G. Chandran, 40.