A Nigerian student found guilty of trafficking 6.25kg of
cannabis three years ago,has been sentenced to death by Shah Alam, the High
Court in Malaysia yesterday.
Ugonna Philip Nwankwo, 29, was charged with two counts of
drug trafficking.
The first charge was for distributing 4.85kg of cannabis at
a bus stop in front of a shopping mall in Petaling Jaya at 1pm on Nov 9, 2010.
The second was for distributing 1.4kg of cannabis at No. 4,
Jalan SS12/2D, Bandar Baru Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya, at 3pm on the same day.
Judge Noor Azian Shaari said the court found statements by
the accused about the drugs found inside a plastic bag in his trouser pocket
and in his rented home, to be illogical and unreasonable.
"The accused's stories were merely to deny that an
offence had been committed.
"The prosecution had succeeded in proving the elements
of possession and distribution of drugs through direct evidence."
He also said the accused's claim that he was not living in
his rented home when he arrested was just a denial attempt.
The judge said he had evaluated the case based on evidence
presented by the police, who had found the accused's passport and several
letters which bore the name of the accused at the house.
Deputy public prosecutor Aida Mastura Mohamed Aman led the
prosecution while Afifuddin Ahmad Afifi represented the accused.
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