00:00Four men, comprising a Malaysian and three Singapore nationals, were charged at the
00:07Anpang Magistrates' Court on Thursday with trafficking liquid cocaine recently.
00:12Fifty-seven-year-old Malaysian Kong Sian Mi and the three Singaporeans, 45-year-old
00:17Kwek Kiyan Seng, 25-year-old Tristan Chu Jinjong and 31-year-old Ivan Tan Jishuan nodded when
00:26the charge was read out to them before Magistrate Amalina Basira Mohamed Top.
00:31However, no plea was recorded from all the accused as the case falls under the jurisdiction of
00:37the High Court.
00:39The four men were jointly charged under Section 39B, Subsection 1, Subsection A of the Dangerous
00:45Drugs Act, 1952, with trafficking 9,420.2 milliliters of cocaine at the exit of a hotel
00:56in Kuala Lumpur on June 19.
00:59They faced the death sentence or life imprisonment and, if not sentenced to death, to be given
01:05a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction.
01:09The court set September 8 for mention and submission of the chemist's report.
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