KOTA KINABALU: A businessman linked to 'Gang Upik' applied for bail at the High Court here today after he was charged with being a member of the organised crime group.
Judge Datuk Faridz Gohim Abdullah today fixed May 6 for a decision on Nelson Yen Yee Chung's bail application.
The court set April 12 for the respondent to file an affidavit. The reply from the applicant is to be filed on April 19.
Written submissions are to be filed simultaneously on or before April 26. If there is any reply, it should be filed on May 3.
Counsel Ram Sing represented Yen.
Deputy public prosecutor Afiq Agoes appeared on behalf of deputy public prosecutor Lina Hanini Ismail.
Yen, 46, was among 11 individuals, including a Datuk, who were charged with being members of "the organised crime group Gang Upik", reportedly Sabah's largest drug syndicate, at the Sessions Court in Kota Kinabalu on Jan 22.
The other accused are Rahman Burijin, 44, Jaisalfian Jaineh @ Zaini, 45, Mohd Fauzie Rablin, 33, Shahlan Shah Abdul Samad, 37, Datuk Maslan Sani, 41, Mohd Faridzul Asmahadi, 31, Fazrul Bahar, 32, Alkan Abraham, 35, Mazlan Mahmud, 41, and Mahathir Jibarail, 49.
The court fixed March 22 for their cases to be transferred to the High Court. Their plea would only be recorded at the High Court.
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On March 1, two more individuals, Norsyafilah Pawawoi, 27, and Zulkahar Dusing, 38, were brought to the Sessions Court to face a similar charge.
The court set March 22 to transfer the cases to the High Court.
All the accused were alleged to have committed the offence between 2015 and 2024.
The offence was framed under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code, which carries between five years and 20 years of jail upon conviction.
