Judge tells convict to earn a living the halal way
Judge tells convict to earn a living the halal way GEORGE TOWN: A High Court judge advised a former odd-job labourer who pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of drug possession to choose a halal way of earning money. “There is only one legitimate way of earning a living, which is the proper and halal way,” Justice Abdul Rahim Uda said when passing sentence on Mohd Rizi Che Salleh, 28, yesterday. Mohd Rizi, represented by K. Simon Murali, was jailed nine years from the date of his arrest on May 1, 2002, and ordered to be whipped 10 times after he pleaded guilty to possessing 991.7gm of cannabis. He admitted committing the offence at the Juru rest area in Seberang Prai Tengah at 4.30pm that day. He had originally been charged with trafficking but the charge was amended by the prosecution yesterday. Mohd Rizi, who has been in detention for the past seven years, looked relieved upon hearing the sentence. He smiled and shook hands with his lawyer, as he would only have to serve the whipping sentence following the one-third remission on his jail term. According to DPP L. Uma Devi, police were waiting at the rest area in an ambush at about 3.30pm when Mohd Rizi arrived an hour later. He parked his motorcycle and made a call from a telephone booth when police arrested him. “Police did a body search and checked the motorcycle basket where they found a compressed block of cannabis wrapped in a black plastic bag and covered with a raincoat,” Uma said. Simon Murali urged the court to take into consideration Mohd Rizi’s plea of guilty as a strong mitigating factor. “His guilty plea saved the court’s time, expenses and helped clear the number of backlog cases,” he said. He also said that his client was a Form Two dropout and the eldest child in a family of eight siblings. “He is a first offender and also a youthful offender. He deeply regrets his actions, which he attributed to mixing with the wrong company,” Simon Murali added. Uma urged the court to impose an appropriate sentence. |
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