A Nigerian private college student was sentenced to death by the High
Court here today, after he was found guilty of trafficking 26.533
kilogrammes of Canabis, four years ago.
Judge Amelia Tee Hong
Geok Abdullah held that the defence had failed to raise a reasonable
doubt on the prosecution’s case against Uchechukwu Nelson Ohaechesi, 37.
In her judgement, Amelia said the accused was careful to deny that he was carrying the bag which contained the dangerous drugs.
“The
court finds that the accused is not a witness of truth. As such the
court is of the considered view that the accused’s defence is but an
afterthought, a pure fabrication and untrue.
“The court
therefore sentences the accused to death. And vide section 183 of the
Criminal Procedure Code, the accused is to be hanged by the neck until
he is dead,” she said.
Ohaechesi committed the offence beside
an overhead bridge staircase at Taman Connought Highway toward Kajang,
Cheras here at 7.45pm on Oct 17, 2010.
He was charged under
Section 39B (1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries the
mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor P.Viknesvaran, while lawyer Ramzani Idris appeared for the accused.
In 1777, Edward Antil wrote in his introduction of Observations on the Raising and Dressing of Hemp, “hemp is one of the most profitable productions the earth furnishes; as it employs a great number of poor people in a very advantageous manner, if its manufacture is carried on properly: It … becomes worthy of the serious attention … of every trading man, who truly loves his country.”
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