Yusoff Rawther to submit representation to drop drug trafficking, firearms charges
Muhammed Yusoff's lawyer Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali said that the representation would be filed soon after reviewing the prosecution's documents.
KUALA LUMPUR - Former research assistant to a politician Muhammed Yusoff Rawther will submit a representation to the Attorney-General (AG), seeking to have charges against him for trafficking 305 grams of ganja and possessing two imitation pistols, dropped.
Muhammed Yusoff's lawyer Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali said that the representation would be filed soon after reviewing the prosecution's documents.
“For both cases, involving drugs and imitation pistols, we are requesting a full discharge and acquittal (DNA), not a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA),” the lawyer told reporters after the mention of the case at the Magistrate's Court, today.
Earlier, Magistrate M. S. Arunjothy allowed deputy public prosecutor Mohd Sabri Othman's application to transfer the imitation weapons case to the High Court, where it will be tried alongside the drug case.
Meanwhile, during the mention of the case at the High Court today, Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin set Jan 7 for case management.
Muhammed Yusoff was charged with possessing two imitation pistols on the roadside near a condominium in Jalan Bukit Kiara, here, at 9.25 am on Sept 6, and the charge is framed under Section 36 (1) of the Arms Act 1960, which provides for a maximum jail sentence of one year or a fine not exceeding RM5,000, or both, if convicted.
He was also charged with trafficking 305 grams of cannabis in a vehicle he was riding in front of the Kuala Lumpur contingent police headquarters surau, at 10.15 am also on Sept 6.
The charge, framed under Section 39B (1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 39B (2) of the same law, provides for life imprisonment and also a whipping, of not less than 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction. - BERNAMA
