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120499
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LIBERIAN`S DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING UPHELD
PUTRAJAYA, May 5 (Bernama) -- The Federal Court here Tuesday upheld the
conviction and death sentence of a Liberian businessman for trafficking in 412.8
grams of heroin.
Justices Hashim Yusoff, Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusoff and Raus Md Sharif
unanimously dismissed Nobies Weah Ezike's final appeal
against his conviction and death sentence imposed by the Shah Alam High Court on
Aug 16, 2005.
Hashim said both the high court and the appellate court had considered and
accepted evidence from two prosecution witnesses and also documentary evidence,
to conclusively identify Nobies as the person who couriered the package to the
United States (US).
At the High Court, operations senior supervisor Ru'aidi Idris and customer
service clerk Raja Diyana Raja Zulkifli of United Parcel Service had identified
Nobies as the person who wanted to send overseas a package which was found to
have traces of white powder and later confirmed by chemists to be heroin.
Therefore, there was no reason to interfere with the High Court's finding of
fact and that the Court of Appeal also did not make any error in upholding the
conviction and death sentence on Nobies.
Nobies, 41, was convicted by the Shah Alam High Court of trafficking in two
packages of heroin weighing 412.8g at the premises of United Parcel Service
(UPS) at No. 11, Jalan Tandang, Petaling Jaya about 12.20pm on March 9, 1996.
The Court of Appeal on July 30, last year upheld the conviction and
sentence.
Lawyer Karpal Singh, representing Nobies, submitted that there was no
positive identification because Nobies was identified by the two UPS staff at
the trial which commenced in 2003, seven years after the incident.
He said it was a serious misdirection by the high court to convict Nobies.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nurul Huda Noraini Mohamed Noor argued that Nobies
had possession of the package because he handed it to the UPS to be couriered.
She said both prosecution witnesses could positively identify Nobies in
the dock as the person who had come to the UPS to have the package couriered.
-- BERNAMA
conviction and death sentence of a Liberian businessman for trafficking in 412.8
grams of heroin.
Justices Hashim Yusoff, Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusoff and Raus Md Sharif
unanimously dismissed Nobies Weah Ezike's final appeal
against his conviction and death sentence imposed by the Shah Alam High Court on
Aug 16, 2005.
Hashim said both the high court and the appellate court had considered and
accepted evidence from two prosecution witnesses and also documentary evidence,
to conclusively identify Nobies as the person who couriered the package to the
United States (US).
At the High Court, operations senior supervisor Ru'aidi Idris and customer
service clerk Raja Diyana Raja Zulkifli of United Parcel Service had identified
Nobies as the person who wanted to send overseas a package which was found to
have traces of white powder and later confirmed by chemists to be heroin.
Therefore, there was no reason to interfere with the High Court's finding of
fact and that the Court of Appeal also did not make any error in upholding the
conviction and death sentence on Nobies.
Nobies, 41, was convicted by the Shah Alam High Court of trafficking in two
packages of heroin weighing 412.8g at the premises of United Parcel Service
(UPS) at No. 11, Jalan Tandang, Petaling Jaya about 12.20pm on March 9, 1996.
The Court of Appeal on July 30, last year upheld the conviction and
sentence.
Lawyer Karpal Singh, representing Nobies, submitted that there was no
positive identification because Nobies was identified by the two UPS staff at
the trial which commenced in 2003, seven years after the incident.
He said it was a serious misdirection by the high court to convict Nobies.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nurul Huda Noraini Mohamed Noor argued that Nobies
had possession of the package because he handed it to the UPS to be couriered.
She said both prosecution witnesses could positively identify Nobies in
the dock as the person who had come to the UPS to have the package couriered.
-- BERNAMA
