PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya TERTUDUH 1. ) ADAM FOONG BIN ABDULLAH 2. ) LEONG WAI KONG 3. ) NGUYEN THI KIM NGAN

aa-45a-14-09-2021 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 April 2026 • AA-45A-14-09/2021 • 21 min read

17 cases cited (0 SG, 17 foreign)

Catchwords

CRIMINAL LAW: Dangerous drugs – Trafficking and possession – Whether prosecution established prima facie case – Whether custody or control over premises proved – Whether knowledge of drugs can be inferred – Whether drugs found in common area accessible to others – Whether investigation failed to determine occupant of bedroom 3 – Whether jeans and towel ownership verified – Whether failure to exclude possibility of access by other persons – Whether presumption s.37(da) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 can be invoked – Whether circumstantial evidence sufficient – Whether evidential gap material – Whether prosecution proved possession and knowledge beyond inference – Whether prosecution excluded the possible presence of others to the premises – Whether benefit of doubt arises

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (9)

Alif, Hafiz & Partners Firm Perak State Legal Adviser's Office Firm Ranjit Singh Sandhu Firm Ahmed Faazil Rahman bin Saiful Jaafar Sadik Counsel Accused Aliff Aiman bin Rusli Counsel Accused Geetha Jora Singh Counsel Prosecution Izzat Fakhri bin Halim Counsel Accused Mohamad Hafiz bin Jalaludin Counsel Accused Shahrul Nizam bin Mohd Rabi Counsel Accused

Parties (4)

Pendakwa Raya Prosecutor Adam Foong bin Abdullah Accused Leong Wai Kong Accused Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan Accused

Statutes Cited

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Cap 234)

s 37(d) s 39B(1)(a)

Penal Code (Cap 574)

s 34

Cases Cited (17)

MY (17)

[1992] 2 MLRH 390 [1992] 4 CLJ 2028 [1993] 3 MLJ 1 [1993] 4 CLJ 1 [1994] 2 MLJ 576 [2005] 1 CLJ 85 [2005] 2 MLJ 301 [2011] 4 CLJ 113 [2011] MLJU 1491 [2013] 10 CLJ 30 [2013] 6 MLJ 741 [2014] 3 MLJ 593 [2014] 7 CLJ 505 [2016] 5 MLJ 274 [2017] 8 MLJ 636 [2020] MLJU 00667 [2024] MLJU 3016

Judgment

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