Geng Upik member gets five years jail
KOTA KINABALU (July 16): A 30-year-old man pleaded guilty of being a member of the organised crime group 'Geng Upik' before High Court judge Datuk Dr Lim Hock Leng on Wednesday.
Zulkahar Dusing was sentenced to five years in prison, effective from March 1, 2024 — the date he was first charged — for being a member of the organised crime group between 2015 and 2023.
He changed his plea to guilty after the prosecution called three witnesses to testify.
The prosecution was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutors Datuk Nazran Mohd Sham, Lina Hanini Ismail, Siti Hajar Mat Radzi and Nur Ainaa Ridwan.
Zulkahar was on trial with Rahman Burijin, 44, and Jaisalfian Jaineh @ Zaini, 45 under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code, which provides for a prison sentence of between five and 20 years upon conviction. The trial for Rahman and Jaisalfian is scheduled to continue until July 18.
On July 10, Zulkahar was separately sentenced to 30 years in jail and 12 strokes of the rattan after being found guilty of trafficking 738.6 grams of methamphetamine on May 3, 2023, in Tawau.
According to the case facts, Zulkahar was a member of Geng Upik involved in drug trafficking from 2021 until his arrest in May 2023. As part of the group, he actively distributed dangerous drugs for material gain.
Investigations revealed that the group was linked to several serious drug trafficking cases, including two in Tawau and one in Menggatal.
To date, 15 individuals have been charged in connection with the Geng Upik case. Of these, 12 — including the group leader, Datuk Maslan Sani, 42 — have pleaded guilty. Maslan received a five-year jail term, while 11 others were each sentenced to three years after pleading guilty to an alternative charge of assisting the organised crime group.
Zulkahar was represented by counsels Shahlan Jufri and Mohd Luqman Sqazwan Zabidi Md Zain.
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