JUDGMENT

Hasan Lah JCA:

(1) The appellant was charged for an offence of trafficking 2,600.7 grams of heroin under s. 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 ("the Act") and the charge reads as follows:

Bahawa kamu pada 27 September 2003, jam lebih kurang 11.30 malam di Pintu Perlepasan Antarabangsa B2, KLIA di dalam Daerah Sepang dalam Negeri Selangor Darul Ehsan telah memperedarkan dadah berbahaya, iaitu Heroin seberat 2600.7 gram dan oleh yang demikian kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan di bawah seksyen 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 yang boleh dihukum di bawah seksyen 39B(2) Akta yang sama.

(2) At the conclusion of the trial the learned High Court Judge ("the trial judge") convicted the appellant for the offence as charged and he was accordingly sentenced to death.

(3) The appellant filed an appeal to this court against the decision. The appellants appeal was dismissed. We now give the grounds for our decision.

Case For The Prosecution

(4) The case against the appellant as found by the trial judge is as follows. On 27 September 2003 at about 10.30pm Kunasegaran a/l Kandasamy (PW4) was on duty at B2 Departing Gate of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport ("KLIA")