WATERLOO! Malaysian court sentences Nigerian to death for drug trafficking

A Nigerian man, Sidrey Shalod Dike, has been sentenced to death
by hanging by a Malaysian court.

According to reports, the 46-year-old was found guilty of
trafficking more than 700gm of methamphetamine into the country in
May, 2017.

Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah sentenced Dike to death after finding
that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubts against the
prosecution’s case.

“After examining arguments by both the defence and the
prosecution, the court found that the defence failed to raise
reasonable doubt and the accused is found guilty and sentenced to
death,“ he said.

Dike, a part-time delivery man, was charged with trafficking
727.1gm of methamphetamine at a lane at Jalan Segambut, Kg Segambut
Luar here at 2.30pm on May 3, 2017.

He was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs
Act 1952 and punishable under Section 39B(2) of the same law, which
provides the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Nadiah
Isa, while Dike was represented by lawyer J.Kuldeep Kumar.

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