of making bombs for a 2005 market bombing that killed 22 people. The militant, Upik Lawanga, is a

Zulkahar Dusing, 29, both said to be members of the so-called Geng Upik, were charged under Section 130V

KOTA KINABALU: One of the 11 accused in Sabah’s largest drug smuggling syndicate told the Sessions Court that he could not afford to hire a lawyer. Mahathir Jibarail, who was the last accused charged with being part of a criminal organisation, said he did not have the money to hire a lawyer.“ I can’t afford a lawyer, ” he told the court when asked if he wanted to have a lawyer to represent him. Earlier, the 49-year-old accused appeared in the dock before Sessions Court judge Noor Hafizah Mohd Sa