ON 19 Apr this year, Mr Lee Voot Seong, 51, was stopped at Tuas
checkpoint, where his urine tested positive for prohibited
drugs.
He was arrested and charged with the consumption of
methamphetamine, an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
His lawyer, Mr Tan Hee Joek of Drew & Napier, argued that Mr
Lee did not have any intention of consuming a prohibited
drug.
Mr Lee said he had bought the 'Indian Viagra' tablets for RM$5 ($2)
each to treat his erectile dysfunction, according to court
papers.
Mr Lee had previously been prescribed Viagra pills for $50 each
here.
Before his arrest, Mr Lee had purchased 'Viagra' pills from street
peddlers in Johor Baru on two occasions, the court heard.
On the first two occasions, he had purchased a packet containing
four blue pills.
When he found these pills to be ineffective, he bought a white box
containing four red pills which the street peddler told him was
'Indian Viagra'.
In April this year, Mr Lee consumed one red pill before leaving
Singapore to make some deliveries in Johor.
ARRESTED
Mr Lee was arrested on his return to Singapore the same day.
He claimed he had always believed the pills to be 'Indian Viagra',
and did not suspect them to contain Ice.
District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan was not satisfied that Mr Lee was
aware the pill contained a banned substance.
So Mr Lee was acquitted. If convicted, he could have been jailed
for up to 10 years or fined $20,000, or both.
