rayuan jenayah no: a-05-120-2009 antara mohd kamal bin osman

Introduction
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ABDUL MALIK BIN ISHAK, JCA
DELIVERING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
[1] Before the Taiping High Court, the appellant was charged for an
offence of trafficking in dangerous drugs, to wit, 4,089 grammes of
cannabis, an offence under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act
1952 (“DDA”) and punishable under section 39B(2) of the DDA. The
charge against the appellant reads as follows:
“Bahawa kamu pada 28.2.2001 jam lebih kurang 8.40 malam di Batu 2
½ Jalan Simpang, Taiping di dalam Daerah Larut Matang dan Selama
di dalam Negeri Perak, telah didapati mengedar dadah berbahaya
iaitu 4,089 gram cannabis dan oleh yang demikian kamu telah
melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah seksyen 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah
Berbahaya 1952 dan boleh dihukum di bawah seksyen 39B(2) Akta
yang sama.”
[2] At the close of the case for the prosecution, the learned High
Court Judge evaluated the evidence on a maximum evaluation and found
that the prosecution had succeeded in proving a prima facie case sufficient
to convict the appellant even if the appellant elected to remain silent and
his Lordship then called for the defence of the appellant under section
39B(1)(a) of the DDA and punishable under section 39B(2) of the DDA
(Looi Kow Chai & Anor v PP [2003] 2 MLJ 65, [2003] 2 AMR 89; and
Balachandran v PP [2005] 1 CLJ 85).