PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has acquitted a labourer of a charge of trafficking 366.93g of methamphetamine. A three-judge panel, comprising Justices Datuk Mohamed Zaini Mazlan, Datuk Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz and Datuk Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid, allowed Mohd Aduka Muhamad’s appeal. It set aside the Kuala Terengganu High Court’s guilty verdict and sentence of 30 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane. On June 26, 2024, the High Court convicted the 41-year-old of trafficking drugs along Lorong Teja 4, Kampung Gong Beris in Pulau Kerengga, Marang, Terengganu, at approximately 9pm on May 4, 2021. A search of the appellant revealed a backpack containing several transparent plastic packets of powder and crystalline substance suspected to be drugs.

Source: The Star March 24, 2026 12:57 UTC