Lelaki edar dadah di Lapangan Terbang Tawau dijel seumur hidup, 12 sebatan

Hii Sieng Kang, a 31-year-old man, has been sentenced to life imprisonment and 12 years of hard labor after confessing to smuggling more than six kilograms of methamphetamine at Tawau Airport two years ago. The 31-year-old appeared before Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Steve Ritikos and pleaded guilty to trafficking methamphetamine weighing 6,968.6 grams at Terminal Baggage Area, Tawau Airport on July 30, 2024, at 12:30 PM.

He was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and could have received a death sentence or life imprisonment under Section 39B(2) of the same Act, with a minimum of 15 years imprisonment. According to the facts, a male customs officer on duty at the airport's passenger screening area noticed the suspect acting suspiciously before prompting him to check a black bag using a scanner.

The scanned image revealed suspicious blue beads, believed to be methamphetamine, found in the bag. The prosecution was handled by Assistant Director of Customs Prosecutions Arif Mohamad Shariff, while the defendant was represented by attorney Vivian Thien.