Crime
WATERLOO! Malaysian court sentences Nigerian to death for drug trafficking
A Nigerian man, Sidrey Shalod Dike, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Malaysian court.
According to reports, the 46-year-old was found guilty of trafficking more than 700gm of methamphetamine into the country in May, 2017.
Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah sentenced Dike to death after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubts against the prosecution’s case.
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“After examining arguments by both the defence and the prosecution, the court found that the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt and the accused is found guilty and sentenced to death,“ he said.
Dike, a part-time delivery man, was charged with trafficking 727.1gm of methamphetamine at a lane at Jalan Segambut, Kg Segambut Luar here at 2.30pm on May 3, 2017.
He was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and punishable under Section 39B(2) of the same law, which provides the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Nadiah Isa, while Dike was represented by lawyer J.Kuldeep Kumar.
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