In landmark ruling, court rejects British woman’s bid to fast-track drug trial

The Court of Appeal rules that magistrates must wait for the chemist’s report before transferring drug trafficking cases to the High Court.

The decision was made by Justice Wong Kian Kheong, sitting with Justices Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz and Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid, in dismissing a British woman’s application for leave to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to revise a magistrate’s [1918 chars]