The eight male and three female suspects face the death sentence or life imprisonment, under the Dangerous Drugs Act, if convicted.
The 11 youths were brought to the magistrates’ court in Johor Bahru to face three charges of trafficking various types of drugs.
JOHOR BAHRU: A total of 11 individuals, including two minors, were brought before the magistrates’ court here to face three counts of trafficking various types of drugs weighing over 19kg last month. The charges against Yek Zhu Jie, 19; Tan Chee Seng, 21; How Jia Lerk, 24; Kenny Loo, 24; Ooi Zhi Wei, 27, and Chong Chew Nam, 32, and three women, namely Eva Chua Min, 19; Phang Jing Yi, 22, and Goh Yoong Cheng, 30, as well as two 17-year-old boys, were read before magistrate A Shaarmini.
The charges, framed under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and punishable under Section 39B of the same law, provide the death penalty or life imprisonment, and if not sentenced to death must be punished with not less than 15 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Shamira Luthfi Ismail, while lawyers Muhammad Nasir, Freda Sabapathy and Chew Pong Him represented Chong, Eva and How respectively.
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