JUDGMENT

Zabariah Mohd Yusof FCJ:

Background

[1] This is the majority judgment of this court. The appellant was convicted for the offence of trafficking in dangerous drugs and sentenced to death by the High court, which was subsequently affirmed by the court of Appeal on the following charge:

"Bahawa kamu pada 12 September 2013, lebih kurang jam 11.10 malam di Unit Khas Pemeriksaan Penumpang Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Senai, di dalam Daerah Kulaijaya, di dalam Negeri Johor Darul Takzim, telah didapati mengedar dadah berbahaya iaitu, Methamphetamine seberat 1920.2 gram, dan dengan itu kamu telah melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah s 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 yang boleh dihukum di bawah s 39B(2) Akta yang sama."

[2] The appellant appealed to the Federal court, which is the appeal before us against the conviction and the death sentence imposed (the conviction issue). At the same time the appellant also raised the issue of the constitutionality of the imposition of the death sentence (the constitutionality issue).

[3] This judgment deals with the conviction issue only. The constitutionality issue is being dealt with in a separate judgment by my learned brother and sister Judges,