Low Sze Song v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
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Key facts
| Court | Court of Appeal |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judges | Kannan Ramesh, Sundaresh Menon, Tay Yong Kwang |
| Charges / claim | Criminal Law |
| Counsel | Allen & Gledhill LLP, Attorney-General's Chambers, Eugene Thuraisingam LLP, Just Law LLC, Leo Fernando LLC, MSC Law Corporation, Anandan Bala, Foo Yang Yi, Gabriel Gan, Johannes Hadi, Peter Keith Fernando, Rajan Sanjiv Kumar, Shabira Banu d/o Abdul Kalam Azad, Wang Shi Mei |
Source: [2026] SGCA 23, Court of Appeal, decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
In Low Sze Song v Public Prosecutor [2026] SGCA 23, the Court of Appeal — comprising Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, Justice of the Court of Appeal Tay Yong Kwang (delivering), and Judicial Commissioner of Appeal Kannan Ramesh — heard consolidated appeals by two accused persons against conviction and sentence for drug trafficking under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Low Sze Song, a 73-year-old Singaporean, faced a charge of trafficking not less than 43.26g of diamorphine found in four packets at the void deck of Block 986C Buangkok Crescent on 30 May 2019 at about 6.45am, while Sivaprakash Krishnan, a 38-year-old Malaysian, pursued a separate appeal in CA/CCA 13/2023 heard at the same time.
[2026] SGCA 23 explained
Low Sze Song v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ([2026] SGCA 23) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Court of Appeal on 19 May 2026. It is categorised under Criminal Law. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2026] SGCA 23 about?
Low Sze Song v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ([2026] SGCA 23) is a Court of Appeal decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Criminal Law — Statutory offences — Misuse of Drugs Act”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2026] SGCA 23 consider?
The judgment refers to Class A controlled drug listed in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185) and Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
Who were the appellants in the 2026 Court of Appeal drug trafficking case Low Sze Song v Public Prosecutor ([2026] SGCA 23)?
Low Sze Song, a 73-year-old Singaporean, appealed conviction and sentence for trafficking not less than 43.26g of diamorphine at Buangkok Crescent on 30 May 2019. Sivaprakash Krishnan, a 38-year-old Malaysian, brought a linked appeal heard together by the Court of Appeal in May 2026.
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Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2026] SGCA 23)