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KUALA LUMPUR: By day, I used to sell the fried puff pastry cakoi or yau char kwai, which translates to devil fried in oil. At other times, it was much more sinister: he had a gun in his house. You are now looking at the death sentence.
Yau char kwai shopkeeper Kow Peng Han, 39, pleaded guilty in Ampang session court here today to three counts of illegal possession of firearms, including a pistol, bullets and a machete, two weeks ago.
He admitted his guilt after the charge was read to him in Mandarin before Judge Norhazani Hamzah, who then set the sentence for January 27.
On the first and second counts, Kow was charged with illegal possession of 10 rounds of Luger PMC 9mm ammunition and a SIG Sauer P224 pistol at the Jalan Perdana 2 / 3A junction, Pandan Perdana here at 10:45 a.m. on 1 January.
Both charges, framed under Section 8 (a) of the Guns Act 1960, stipulate a prison term of up to seven years, or a maximum fine of RM10,000, or both, if pleaded guilty.
He was also charged under Section 6 (1) of the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act of 1958 with possession of an offensive weapon, in the form of a machete, in a public place, at the same place and time.
Deputy Prosecutor Norhashimah Hashim was indicted, while Kow was not represented.
In Ampang Magistrates Court, Kow was charged with trafficking 225.8g of methylenedioxymethamphetamine or ecstasy in an apartment in Pandan Perdana here at 9am on January 1.
The charge, under Section 39B (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1952, establishes the death penalty or life imprisonment and not less than 15 strokes of rotation, upon conviction.
He was also charged with possession of a similar drug, weighing 5.5 grams and 3.6 grams in the same place and at the same time, under section 12 (2) of the same law.
No guilty plea from Kow was recorded on the drug charges. Justice Farah Nasihah Annuar set a citation for March 25.
