By Massita Ahmad
SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Two Malaysian men escaped the noose in Singapore this week with one having had his conviction set aside by the Court of Appeal, which then found him guilty of a reduced charge of attempting to import drugs into the republic.
The cases involving the two Malaysians, however, were not related.
The Court of Appeal today set aside the conviction on Gobi Avedian, who was nabbed by the authorities at the Woodlands Checkpoint six years ago and later charged with one count of importing not less than 40.22g of diamorphine.
Instead, the Court sentenced him to 15 years’ imprisonment with effect from the date of his arrest on Dec 11, 2014, and to 10 strokes of the cane.
The decision was confirmed by Gobi’s counsel, M. Ravi to Bernama.
