Drug consumption cases are typically heard in a district court but the case against Mohammad Ashik Aris, 30, was moved to the High Court, prompted by the acquittal of Mr Lim Boon Keong (above), 27, by Justice Steven Chong in June last year. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM THE High Court on Tuesday ruled that the urine-testing procedures of the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) are according to the law, when it sentenced a part-time mover to 1-1/2 years in jail for abusing Ice.
Justice Chan Seng Onn found that the evidence produced in the 28-day trial 'clearly establishes the integrity of the DAT (drug abuse testing) laboratory's drug handling and standard testing procedures and their conformance with the requirements set out in the Misuse of Drugs Act'.
Drug consumption cases are typically heard in a district court but the case against Mohammad Ashik Aris, 30, was moved to the High Court, prompted by the acquittal of Mr Lim Boon Keong, 27, by Justice Steven Chong in June last year.
During Mr Lim's appeal against his conviction for taking norketamine, a ketamine-type drug, his lawyer S.K. Kumar argued that the HSA's urine-testing procedures had not conformed to requirements as spelt out under the Act.
While Justice Chong did not make any ruling about the HSA's procedures when he acquitted Mr Lim, he noted that the prosecution of a drug consumption offence should always be supported by expert evidence or certification in strict compliance with the requirements imposed by the Act.
Soon after that decision, the Attorney-General's Chambers had said some drug consumption cases had been adjourned, pending its obtaining a definitive ruling on the issue when all the relevant evidence was before the court.
Read the full report in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
KHUSHWANT SINGH
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