The Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence imposed on a 33-year-old Singaporean man who was found guilty of heroin trafficking in 2022.
A total of 25 packets of drugs were found in a drawer in Shen Hanjie's bedroom on Nov 20, 2018, containing 34.94g of pure heroin.
The apex court rejected his claim that he believed the drug bundles contained cannabis because "Alan", his supplier, had said it was "shao de" - "hot" in Chinese.
He said he understood this term to be the same as "gu" - "grass" or "ganja", which are terms for cannabis.
Shen, who was represented by Mr Mervyn Cheong, had raised this argument in an attempt to rebut the legal presumption that he knew the nature of the drugs in his possession.
This story is from the March 02, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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