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Liew Zheng Yang v PP

[2017] 5 SLR 1160
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore High Court
Year2017
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Court considered drug trafficking sentencing under the Misuse of Drugs Act, including the certificate of substantive assistance and the life imprisonment alternative.

Key Principle

drug trafficking; Misuse of Drugs Act; certificate of substantive assistance; life imprisonment alternative

Area of Law

criminal

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