{
  "id": 12841336,
  "title": "Night market wholesaler freed after drug convictions overturned",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/night-market-wholesaler-freed-after-drug-convictions-overturned",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/08/night-market-wholesaler-freed-after-drug-convictions-overturned"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A night market wholesaler, Lum Man Liong, was released from custody after the Court of Appeal overturned his drug trafficking convictions. Lum, 59, had been in jail since his arrest in February 2021 and was serving a 30-year sentence for each of the two drug trafficking offences, which he was convicted of in 2021. The Court of Appeal stated there was no overt act connecting Lum to the alleged trafficking, as there were no fingerprints, CCTV recordings, or photos to support the prosecution's case. The judges agreed with Lum's lawyers that the evidence presented by the prosecution was insufficient to prove the element of knowledge required to establish possession of the drugs. Lum was convicted of trafficking 6,828g of methamphetamine and 365.9g of ketamine, but the court found there was no conclusive evidence linking him to the drugs or their intended trafficking. The offences were said to have taken place at a car park along Jalan Kenari 19, Puchong Jaya, Selangor, around 4:30 PM on February 3, 2021.",
  "summary": "Court of Appeal says the prosecution failed to prove knowledge and possession of methamphetamine and ketamine.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Night market wholesaler freed after drug convictions overturned",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/night-market-wholesaler-freed-after-drug-convictions-overturned-12846202",
        "published": "2026-10-08T09:23:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}