In landmark ruling, court rejects British woman’s bid to fast-track drug trial

Share The Court of Appeal rules that magistrates must wait for the chemist’s report before transferring drug trafficking cases to the High Court. The decision by the Court of Appeal was made by Justices Wong Kian Kheong, Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz and Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid. PUTRAJAYA : A magistrate cannot transfer a drug trafficking case to the High Court before receiving a chemist’s report that confirms the identity and weight of the seized drugs, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a departure from earlier precedent. The decision was made by Justice Wong Kian Kheong, sitting with Justices Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz and Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid, in dismissing a British woman’s application for leave to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to revise a magistrate’s decision not to transfer her case.