[1] The Appellant was charged with the offence of trafficking under s 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 ('the Act'). The charge reads as follows:

"Bahawa kamu pada 22 April 2016, jam lebih kurang 12.40 tengah hari, bertempat di dalam motokar jenis Proton Saga AJS 567, di hadapan hentian sebelah Taiping Lebuhraya PLUS arah Selatan, Taiping, dalam Daerah Larut Matang dalam negeri Perak telah didapati mengedar dadah berbahaya, iaitu Heroin dan Monoacetylmorphines seberat 213.37 gram (197.07 gram Heroin dan 16.30 gram Monoacetylmorphines) dan dengan ini kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan di bawah s 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 dan boleh dihukum di bawah s 39B (2) Akta yang sama."

[2] At the conclusion of the trial after the defence was called, the Appellant was convicted and sentenced to death by the High Court at Taiping for the aforesaid offence on 10 January 2018. Aggrieved by the conviction and the sentence, the Appellant filed an appeal to this Court vide Notice of Appeal dated 18 January 2018.

[3] On 23 August 2018, the counsel for the Appellant made a representation to the Public Prosecutor. The representation sought to reduce the origin