Duo charged with drug trafficking

Duo charged with drug trafficking

Prosecution alleges that they tried to smuggle nearly 40kg of methamphetamine through KLIA.

Shamsuddin Fung Tai Kwong (right) and Vincent Wong at the Sepang magistrates’ court this morning. (Bernama pic)
SEPANG:
Two men were charged in the magistrates’ court here today with trafficking 38.9kg of methamphetamine last month.

Shamsuddin Fung Tai Kwong, 36, and Vincent Wong, 34, nodded and said they understood the charge after it was read to them before magistrate Bukhori Ruslan, with no plea entered.

According to the charge, they are accused of trafficking the drugs at the narcotics criminal investigation division office, Level 2, KLIA Terminal 2, at about 6.30am on May 30.

The charge was framed under Section 39B (1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 39B(2) of the same Act which carries the possibility of the death penalty or life imprisonment, and at least 15 strokes of the cane upon conviction.

Deputy public prosecutor Nur Sabrina Zubairi prosecuted while lawyer Ahmad Hafiz A Bakar represented both accused.

The court set Sept 10 for mention of the case and submission of chemistry reports.

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