Court rejects accused stay of execution application

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KUCHING: A man sentenced to fi ve years’ jail for causing grievous hurt had his stay of execution application struck out by a Sessions Court here yesterday.

Ahmad is seen being escorted by Prisons Department offi cer at the court
house lobby.

The same motion filed by the applicant, Ahmad Warid, in the High Court here was also rejected previously. Ahmad was denied a stay of execution after the delivery of judgment in August and was then ordered to immediately serve the custodial sentence. He applied for a motion to get a stay pending his appeal against the sentence in the High Court. Ahmad was sentenced to five years’ jail after he was found guilty of causing grievous hurt to then 19-year-old Mohd Azwan in front of a food centre at Kota Padawan here at 10.10pm on April 18 last year. Azwan suffered permanent disability after part of his skull and brain were removed due the damages from the blows. Ahmad was convicted under Section 326 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum 20 years’ jail and also liable to whipping. His appeal is set for mention at the High Court here today before Judge Dato Yew Jen Kie who will fi x the next hearing date In the same court room, a judge rescheduled the hearing of a couple charged with drug traffi cking to Jan 5 until 9 next year. Nurfifi Shuhada Mohamad, 24, and husband Faizal Ramzie, 33, were ordered to be further remanded as their offence under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 is A non bailable offence. The section provides the mandatory death sentence if found guilty. Both were jointly charged with trafficking 158.39gm of syabu at King’s Centre in Jalan Tun Jugah here around 1.30pm on Feb 20. Nurfifi, a local hospital administration staff, also has another drug traffi cking charge under the same section pending against her. She allegedly trafficked 126.59gm of syabu at the same time, date and place with the fi rst charge. The court also ordered that defence counsel be assigned to Faizal while Nurififi is being defended by Roger Chin and Osman Ibrahim.