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| The drug trafficking case was heard at the High Court |
A Filipina was sentenced by the High Court today to five years and three months in jail for trafficking 30.2 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu, while her Bangladeshi co-accused was sentenced to six years and four months.
Chymbelyn Cadelina, 39 years old, and Bangladeshi Amit
Foysal, 41, were arrested for having the drug in two plastic bags on the 13th
floor of Mirador Mansion in Tsim Sha Tsui on Nov. 14, 2022 and have been in
detention since.
Foysal initially planned to plead not guilty but changed his
mind before both prosecution and defense lawyers could start a pre-scheduled Case
Management Hearing, with a trial set for later.
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What made the 11-month difference between the two sentences were the discounts.
Judge S.T. Poon gave the usual one-third discount to Cadelina
because she pleaded guilty at the first instance, but only gave a 5 per cent discount
to Foysal because he insisted on his innocence until today.
An additional three months was deducted from both sentences
to account for the fact that some of the drug seized from them may have been for their
own consumption.
When the prosecutor asked about an overstaying charge against
Cadelina, both Judge Poon and her defense lawyer said she had already served a
five-month sentence meted for it by the Kowloon City Court on May 4, 2023.
She was convicted of “breach of condition of stay – overstay”
for overstaying in Hong Kong for almost 10 years after her domestic helper visa
expired on Nov 26, 2013.
