R v Chee Hui Tiew [2019] NSWDC 35

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Chee Hui Tiew [2019] NSWDC 35 Hearing dates: 17 January 2019 Decision date: 01 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Mahony SC DCJ Decision: Full-time custodial sentence. For Orders see [63] Catchwords: Supply prohibited drug greater than a large commercial quantity Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Hernandez v R [2013] NSWCCA 51 Lowe v R (1984) 154 CLR 606 Wat v R [2017] NSWCCA 62 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Tiew (Offender) Representation: Counsel: M Fokkes (Offender)

Solicitors: K Moran (Crown) File Number(s): 15/353679 Publication restriction: Nil

REMARKS ON SENTENCE 1. The offender pleaded guilty to a charge of supply prohibited drug greater than a large commercial quantity, namely 67.477 kilograms of methylamphetamine pursuant to s 25(2) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 ("DMTA"), and s 29 of the DMTA. The maximum penalty proscribed for the offence is life imprisonment and/or a fine of 5,000 penalty units. There is a Standard Non‑Parole Period proscribed of 15 years imprisonment. 2. The offence occurred in October 2015. The offender was one of a number of Malaysian citizens involved in a drug trafficking operation in Australia. Three co-offenders have already been sentenced, and the offender is to be sentenced along with two further co-offenders, Chung Keat Chong and Bunny Bannister.