Limbang court grants stay of execution for father and son
LIMBANG: The Sessions Court here has granted a stay of execution to a father and son recently convicted under Section 30(2) of the Wild Life Protection Ordinance 1998 (Chapter 26).
Mohamad Fauzi bin Mohamad, 59, and Mohamad Sam Husni, 32, both from Nibong Tebal, have been released on bail of RM3,000 each with two sureties, pending their appeal hearing at the High Court.
The pair had previously been sentenced to three months' imprisonment from their arrest on 1 May 2025, and fined RM4,000, with an additional three months' imprisonment in default, for the illegal possession of over two kilograms of agarwood chips and 2,347 grams of agarwood powder.
Their legal counsel, Low Lik Yuan, informed Sessions Court Judge Monica Linsua on Monday (May 19) that both had already served ten days in custody, including four days in remand at the Limbang prison and police lock-up, prior to their conviction on 13 May 2025.
Low further submitted that the father is elderly and suffers from multiple chronic medical conditions, including asthma, and that his medical certificates were submitted to the authorities upon conviction.
Judge Monica granted the application following Low's submission and after being informed that the prosecution, led by Prosecuting Officer Simon Engka Crown of the Sarawak State Attorney-General's Chambers, had no objection to the stay pending the appeal's outcome.
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