Lim Zhen Qiang v Pendakwa Raya [Pendakwa Raya]

b-05sh-344-07-2024 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 28 April 2025 • B-05(SH)-344-07/2024 • 100 min read
37 cases cited (4 SG, 33 foreign)

Catchwords

Seksyen 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 (ADB) dan boleh dihukum dibawah seksyen 39B(2) Akta yang sama - Isu - Isu Di Peringkat Rayuan: (i) sama ada terdapat ketiadaan pengetahuan tertuduh-tertuduh terhadap dadah yang dijumpai - (ii) sama ada terdapat ketiadaan pengetahuan tertuduh-tertuduh tentang sifat sebenar dadah yang dibawa - (iii) sama ada wujud pembelaan pembawa tidak bersalah (“innocent carrier") - (iv) sama ada wujud ugutan (duress) - (v) sama ada Notis Alcontara telah diberikan dengan sempurna - (vi) sama ada pertimbangan sewajarnya telah diberikan terhadap keterangan SD9 - anggapan di bawah seksyen 37(da) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 94 Kanun Keseksaan - Act to which a person is compelled by threats - ugutan hendaklah bersifat imminent, persistent and extreme at the time of the commission of the offence - wilful blindness - versi pembelaan keenam-enam tertuduh adalah tidak kredibel, pemikiran terkemudian, rekaan dan penafian kosong semata-mata - keterangan SD9 nyata tidak konsisten dengan keterangan tertuduh-tertuduh - pembelaan bersifat simple denial - Sabitan di bawah seksyen 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 selamat untuk dikekalkan - Akta Pemansuhan Hukuman Mati Mandatori 2023 (Akta 846) pada 4 Julai 2023 - hukuman pemenjaraan selama tiga puluh (30) tahun dari tarikh tangkap (11 Ogos 2018) dan 15 kali sebatan dikekalkan

Practice Areas

Seksyen 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 (ADB) dan boleh dihukum dibawah seksyen 39B(2) Akta yang sama

Judges (3)

Azmi bin Ariffin Delivered Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali Coram Collin Lawrence Sequerah Coram

Counsel (13)

Amirul Shahidda & Co. Firm Goh Cia Yee Firm Ishrakh Saad & Co Firm Kit & Associates (Kuala Lumpur) Firm Afzainizam bin Abdul Aziz Counsel Prosecution Ahmad Ishrakh Bin Saad Counsel Appellant Chew Jee San Counsel Appellant Goh Cia Yee Counsel Appellant Kelvinder Singh Sidhu Counsel Appellant Kitson Foong Counsel Appellant Muhamad Izwan Bin Ishak Counsel Appellant Muhammad Aidil Akmal Bin Sharidan Counsel Appellant Vivian Yew Zhi Xuan Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Lim Zhen Qiang Appellant

Case Significance

Lim Zhen Qiang v Pendakwa Raya [Pendakwa Raya] is a Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) decision dated April 28, 2025 (citation: b-05sh-344-07-2024). <p>Six appellants were separately charged with trafficking methamphetamine (ranging from 998 to 1,297 grams) seized at the KLIA 2 narcotics office in Sepang. The key issues were knowledge, innocent carrier defence, duress, and proper service of the Alcontara notice. The Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed all six appeals, upholding the 30-year imprisonment sentences and 15 strokes of whipping for each appellant.</p> The panel comprised Azmi bin Ariffin, Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali and Collin Lawrence Sequerah, with Azmi bin Ariffin delivering the judgment.

Summary

Six appellants were separately charged with trafficking methamphetamine (ranging from 998 to 1,297 grams) seized at the KLIA 2 narcotics office in Sepang. The key issues were knowledge, innocent carrier defence, duress, and proper service of the Alcontara notice. The Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed all six appeals, upholding the 30-year imprisonment sentences and 15 strokes of whipping for each appellant.

What was the outcome of Lim Zhen Qiang v Pendakwa Raya [Pendakwa Raya]?

<p>Six appellants were separately charged with trafficking methamphetamine (ranging from 998 to 1,297 grams) seized at the KLIA 2 narcotics office in ...

Statutes Cited

Penal Code (Cap 574)

Cases Cited (37)

SG (1)
[1994] SGCA 88
SLR (3)
[1995] 2 SLR 424 [2001] 1 SLR 633 [2008] 1 SLR 1
UK (1)
[1968] 2 All ER 356
MY (32)
[1949] 15 MLJ 87 [1949] MLJ 87 [1956] 1 MLJ 237 [1956] MLJ 28 [1969] MLRA 382 [1980] 2 MLJ 195 [1981] 1 MLJ 64 [1996] 1 CLJ 705 [1997] 3 MLJ 795 [1998] 4 CLJ 789 [1998] 4 MLJ 246 [2001] 1 MLJ 259 [2004] 4 CLJ 551 [2004] 4 MLJ 489 [2005] 4 MLJ 314 [2006] 2 CLJ 129 [2006] 3 CLJ 724 [2006] 5 MLJ 415 [2006] 5 MLJ 509 [2007] 4 CLJ 337 [2007] 5 MLJ 1 [2008] 4 CLJ 764 [2008] 6 MLJ 19 [2009] 2 MLJ 490 [2010] 1 MLJ 741 [2010] 6 MLJ 145 [2010] MLJU 2184 [2011] 1 CLJ 273 [2011] 4 MLJ 40 [2013] 5 MLJ 780 [2015] 1 CLJ 993 [2020] 3 MLJ 21