Venkatesan Chinnasami

Cases
Nationality
Gender
Male
Status
Awaiting Appeal
Sentenced to death 22/10/2010, appeal pending with the Sultan of Selangor. Case gave rise to the 'innocent carrier' defence principle: ‘a state of affairs where an accused person acknowledges carrying for example a bag or a box ... containing the dangerous drugs but disputes having knowledge of the drugs’ (Venkatesan Chinnasami v Public Prosecutor [2011])
Crime
  • Drug Trafficking
Evidence of Due Process Violations
  • Yes
Region From
South Asia
Region of Detention
Southeast Asia
Country of Detention
Geolocation of Country of Detention

Latitude: 4.210484

Longitude: 101.975766

Geolocation of Country of Detention (linked Cases)
Malaysia