Court of Appeal orders retrial after 'bogus counsel' taints drug case

The Court of Appeal today set aside the drug trafficking convictions and 30-year sentences of two friends, remitting their case back to the High Court for a full retrial.

A three-member bench comprising judges Azmi Ariffin, Noorin Badaruddin and Radzi Abdul Hamid ruled the original trial a nullity after finding that one accused had been represented by an unauthorised person...