In imposing the jail term, apex court finds the trial judge had failed to make a finding as to whether Benjamin Chinedu was a presumed trafficker or was presumed to be in possession of the drugs. FMTNews
The Nigerian had boarded a flight from Lagos to Kuala Lumpur as a friend had apparently told him that spare parts in Malaysia were cheap.
Judge Zaleha Yusof, who chaired a three-member bench of the Federal Court, said there was clear misdirection by the trial judge in the High Court that led to a non-direction in law. “He failed to come to one final finding, which is a great misdirection,” said Afifudin, who was assisted by Muhammad Amirrul Jamaluddin.
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