It was suggested that the Malaysian police framed a guy of grug trafficking, planting drugs in his hotel room. For what reason i dunno.... but in the light of this, if it is true, how can anyone in Malaysia be safe while the cops are being the most dangerous foe. Well, easy job, just plant drugs and arrest anyone for disposal. It could happen to anybody.
Court frees Hong Kong man facing death on drug charge
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court of Appeal freed a Hong Kong man on Friday, overturning his death sentence for alleged drug trafficking.
A three-judge panel of the country’s highest court ruled there was insufficient evidence to hang Chan King Yu, who was arrested for alleged possession of methamphetamine eight years ago while on a business trip in Malaysia.
He was sentenced to death by the High Court in 2002 after prosecutors said police found more than 20 pounds (9 kgs) of the drug in his hotel room in Kuala Lumpur during a raid two years earlier.
Chan's lawyer, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, argued that police framed his client by breaking into his room and planting the drug.
On Friday, the court ruled that Chan should be acquitted because it was unclear whether he knew the drugs were in his room.
The judges also said previous court decisions had failed to take into account discrepancies in witness testimony.
"I'm of the view ... there is a clear fabrication of evidence,'' Judge Hashim Yusoff said in his ruling. He did not say if the police involved in the case should be investigated.
A police spokesman refused to comment on the verdict, saying he was not authorised to comment on a case like this.
"You know we can easily make a mistake,'' he said.- AP
Full story: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/14/nation/20081114170949&sec=nation
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