[2016] 2 MLJ A B Abuchi Ngwoke v Public Prosecutor (Kamardin Hashim JCA) 627 Cases referred to Leong Bon Huat v PP [1993] 3 MLJ 11, SC (refd) Mahdi Keramatviyarsagh Khodavirdi v PP [2015] MLJU 14; [2015] 3 CLJ 336, CA (refd) Teng Boon How v Pendakwa Raya [1993] 3 MLJ 553, SC (folld) Legislation referred to Criminal Procedure Code s 402B Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 ss 12(2), 39A(2), 39B (1)(a), Part III First C Schedule Evidence Act 1950 s 165 Appeal from: Criminal Trial No 45A-12–12 of 2012 (High Court, Melaka) D Hisyam Teh Poh Teik (Teh Poh Teik & Co) for the appellant. Nurshafini bt Mustafha (Deputy Public Prosecutor, Attorney General’s Chambers) for the respondent. Kamardin Hashim JCA: E F G H I [1] The appellant was charged at the Melaka High Court for an offence of trafficking in dangerous drugs. The charge reads: Bahawa kamu pada 23 May 2012, jam lebih kurang 5.00 pagi hingga 25.5.2012 jam lebih kurang 2.50 petang, di Wad Zon Merah, Hospital Besar Melaka, Melaka di dalam daerah Melaka Tengah, di dalam Negeri Melaka, telah didapati mengedar dadah berbahaya jenis methamphetamine berat bersih 251.66 gram. Oleh itu, kamu telah melakukan kesalahan di bawah seksyen 39B(1)(a) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 dan boleh dihukum di bawah seksyen 39B (2) Akta yang sama. THE PROSECUTION CASE [2] Briefly, the prosecution case is as follows. On 22 May 2012 at about 1pm, a taxi driver by the name Wong Yew Teng (‘SP4’) took the appellant from KLIA Sepang to Melaka. The appellant wanted to pay the taxi fares in Nigerian currency but was rejected by SP4. An argument broke out between the two whereby the police was called by SP4. SP4 and the appellant were taken to the police station. At the police station with the help of the police, they managed to settle the dispute whereby SP4 accepted 5000 Naira from the appellant as the taxi fares. [3] On 23 May 2012 at around 12 midnight, while on his crime prevention round, L/Kpl Mohd Nor Hafzan bin Mazlan (‘SP6’) together with two other police officers went to Batik Selat House, MITC and arrested the appellant for