09-08-2025
Drug trafficking: Trio charged
Published on: Saturday, August 09, 2025
Published on: Sat, Aug 09, 2025
By: Jo Ann Mool Text Size: They were each charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries a punishment of either the death penalty or life in prison and whipping with a minimum of 15 strokes. Kota Kinabalu: Three self-employed men were tentatively charged in the Magistrate's Court here, Friday, with drug trafficking. Filipino Al Basar Baluan Awah, 37, Tailon Chong Shih Wen, 40, and paperless Filipino Abdul Aidil Duing, 33, were brought before Magistrate Marilyn Kelvin to face the charges against them, respectively.
Advertisement However, no plea was recorded from them after the charges were read out to them. Al Basar was accused of trafficking 55.42gm of syabu on July 26, this year, at 7.30pm, in front of a house at Kg Numbak, Manggatal. Chong allegedly trafficked 70.32gm of syabu on July 26, at 5pm, in a house at Taman LT Jaya, Jalan Kobusak, Penampang. Abdul was alleged to have trafficked 53.45gm of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on July 28, this year, at 9.55pm, in front of a clinic, at Pavilion, Penampang.
Advertisement They were each charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries a punishment of either the death penalty or life in prison and whipping with a minimum of 15 strokes. The prosecution applied for another mention date for each accused pending the chemist's reports. Magistrate Marilyn fixed Oct 8, Oct 1 and Oct 9 for mention of the cases of Al Basal, Chong and Abdul, respectively. In another case, nine men were penalised for taking drugs. They were Faizal Rasit, Usama Jalani, Sarmisal Kimsa, Jasmin Nurkis, Hasmadi Hassan, Saharman Mantamin, Iskandar Hashim, Amir Rahman and Apian Jumaa pleaded guilty respectively to committing the offence at separate locations here between May and June, this year. Jasmin, Hasmadi, Iskandar, Amir were each jailed for eight months, Faizal, Usama, Sarmisal were sentenced to seven months jail each, Saharman was handed six months jail, while Apijan was fined RM2,000 or six months jail. Taking drugs under Section 15(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act provides for a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to two years' jail on conviction. Inspector Yusdi Basri prosecuted. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available.
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