The Johor Bahru High Court ruled that Muhammad Haziq Hamid’s detention under the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 was unlawful. (Wikimedia Commons pic)PETALING JAYA: The High Court in Johor Bahru has ordered the release of a man detained for two years under a preventive drug law, ruling that the authorities failed to prove he was part of a larger drug trafficking group.
Justice Atan Mustaffa Yussof Ahmad allowed Muhammad Haziq Hamid’s habeas corpus application, holding that the detention order issued under the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 was unlawful.
The judge said the grounds of detention and seven allegations of fact advanced by the prosecution merely asserted that Haziq, 33, was part of a "large group", without providing any particulars of the group's existence or his connection to it.
