Yusoff Rawther to file bid to drop drug, firearm charges

Muhammed Yusoff Rawther, a former research assistant of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, will submit a representation to the attorney-general, seeking to have his drug and gun charges dropped.

His lawyer, Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, said the representation will be filed soon after reviewing the prosecution’s documents.

“For both cases, involving drugs and imitation pistols, we are requesting a full discharge and acquittal (DNA), not a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA),” the lawyer told reporters after the mention of the case at the Magistrate’s Court, today.

Earlier, Magistrate MS Arunjothy allowed deputy public prosecutor Mohd Sabri Othman’s application to transfer the imitation weapons case to the High Court, where it will be tried alongside the drug case.

Meanwhile, during the mention of the case at the High Court today, Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin set Jan 7 for case management.

Yusoff was charged with possessing two imitation pistols on the roadside near a condominium in Jalan Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, at 9.25am on Sept 6. The charge is framed under Section 36 (1) of the Arms Act 1960, which provides for a maximum jail sentence of one year or a fine not exceeding RM5,000, or both.

He was also charged with trafficking 305g of cannabis in a vehicle he was riding in front of the Kuala Lumpur contingent police headquarters surau, at 10.15am also on Sept 6.

The charge, framed under Section 39B (1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 39B (2) of the same law, provides for life imprisonment and also a whipping, of not less than 12 strokes of the cane.

- Bernama

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