PUTRAJAYA: Two friends have failed to overturn their life sentences for drug trafficking despite police losing a crucial piece of evidence seized during their arrest.
A three-member Court of Appeal bench led by Datuk Noorin Badaruddin dismissed appeals by Vimal Kumar Sugumaran and Navinrah K. Rajah against their convictions and sentences for trafficking 39.9g of drugs.
Other members of the bench were Datuk Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid and Datuk Seri Latifah Mohd Tahar.
Both men were sentenced by the High Court to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan each.
