COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYA
RENGARAJAN THANGAVELU – Appellant
Versus
PP – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. judgment delivery and appeal outcome. (Para 1 , 1) |
| 2. charge details and factual context. (Para 2 , 8) |
| 3. appellant's arguments on judgment grounds. (Para 3 , 4 , 9) |
| 4. court addressed issues of judgment grounds. (Para 5) |
| 5. appellate court's obligation for grounds of judgment. (Para 6 , 10) |
| 6. court's analysis on 'alcontara notice'. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 7. safe conviction and absence of miscarriage. (Para 15) |
[1] The appellant's appeal against conviction and sentence of death for trafficking of drugs came up for hearing on 28 August 2014 and upon hearing we dismissed the appeal. My learned brother Balia Yusof bin Haji Wahi JCA and my learned sister Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat JCA have read the draft judgment and approved the same. This is our judgment.
Charge
[2] The appellant was charged under s 39B(1)(a) of DDA 1952 . The charge reads as follows:
"Bahawa kamu pada 26 Jun 2009, lebih kurang jam 1.50 petang, di Balai Ketibaan Antarabangsa, Unit Khas Pemeriksaan Penumpang (UKPP), Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur, di dalam daerah Sepang, dalam Negeri Selangor Darul Ehsan, telah mengedar dadah berbahaya sejumlah 3,313.1 gram Ketamine dan dengan itu kamu tela
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