Friday, 28 November 2025 01:34PM MYT
High Court frees personal trainer after prosecution fails to prove trafficking case
The court rules that there were serious gaps in the evidence, including a broken chain of custody, and contradictions among key witnesses. (File pic)
SHAH ALAM: The High Court here has acquitted a personal trainer charged with trafficking more than 152kg of methamphetamine after ruling that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against him.
Justice Hazlina Hussain said the evidence was too weak and too unreliable to call for Shahroazaha Ahmad, 41, to enter his defence.
Hazlina said there was a “serious doubt” about the identity of the drugs.
She said the markings on the exhibits did not match the markings in the list of seized items, and this broke the chain of evidence.
The court also found that the prosecution had failed to show Shahroazaha had possession of the vehicle where the drugs were discovered. The evidence showed that a man known as Azahari had the keys to the car at the time, but he was never called to testify.
Hazlina also said the raiding officer’s evidence was unreliable, adding that his account did not match the testimony of the car owner, whom the court found to be honest and neutral.
The car owner also said another police officer reached the scene first, contradicting the raiding officer’s claim.