The Sabah High Court on Wednesday sentenced a Bruneian man and his Malaysian accomplice to death after they were found guilty for trafficking drugs worth RM2.4 million in the neighbouring Malaysian state back in 2013, reports from Malaysian media said yesterday.

Mohd Noor bin Jumat, 38, and Malaysian national Andy Majudil, 35, were found guilty of trafficking 52.1 grammes and 745.6 grammes of methamphetamine, or Syabu, following a raid at a house in Taman Nelly, Inanam, Sabah at 9.30pm on Nov 19, 2013.

Sabah High Court Judge Datuk Nurchaya Haji Arshad ruled that the court found the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt on the prosecution's case and that the prosecution had proven its case.

The Bruneian also has pending court cases related to drugs in the Sultanate.
Borneo Bulletin had reported on December 5, 2013 that the fugitive, who was involved in drugs cases, was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) a number of times.

According to Daily Express, an English daily from Sabah, Andy and Mohd Noor were convicted under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act which carries the death penalty on conviction.

The report said that Andy in his defence stated that he was not trafficking the drugs as stated in the charge. He said he was the tenant of a double storey house at Taman Nelly and had sub-leased it to Mohd Noor, who is from Brunei and that he never lived in the said address and had no belongings in the house.

Andy said he went to the said house to collect rent from Mohd Noor but was arrested by police on being suspected of trafficking the drugs which he categorically denied. He further stated that the contents of the bag did not belong to him but to Mohd Noor.

Meanwhile, Mohd Noor, said to be a car salesman, in his statement said that he was never involved in drug trafficking as charged and that the items found did not belong to him and that he never knew about their existence.

He said Andy, who he came to know in 2013 after the latter bought a car from him, had invited him to stay in the said house to avoid spending money on hotel rooms whenever he came to the state. Mohd Noor also stated that he did not know the contents of a bag and a box as they did not belong to him.

Andy and Mohd Noor were represented by counsel Ram Singh and Dato' Seri Rakhbir Singh, respectively while Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Wan Farrah Farriza Wan Ghazali appeared for the prosecution.

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