Fees are structured by stage. Investigation, pre-trial, trial, and appeal. You only pay for what your case requires. The court level matters too. The higher the court, the greater the complexity, and the fee reflects that. Multiple charges add to the scope of work. Before any engagement, you receive a written breakdown so you know exactly what you are committing to and why.

For a full breakdown of what shapes legal fees in criminal cases, read this article.

In certain circumstances, yes. How a charge is classified depends heavily on the quantity found and how the prosecution interprets it. If there is a basis to challenge that quantity, through errors in measurement, contamination, or issues in how the substance was tested or handled, that challenge can affect the charge itself.

Whether that argument holds depends entirely on the facts of your case and the evidence available. It is something we assess at the earliest stage of our review.

Being present in a shared space where drugs are found does not automatically make you responsible for them. For a possession charge to hold, the prosecution needs to establish that you knew the drugs were there. That is a specific legal threshold, and in shared spaces it is rarely straightforward to prove. The facts around who had access, who was present, and what the circumstances were all become relevant. It is a line of defence that is worth examining carefully.

Under Malaysian law, carrying drugs knowingly puts you in the same legal position as a trafficker regardless of how you were recruited or what role you played. That said, the circumstances of each case are different and those differences matter. How you came to be carrying the drugs, what you were told, and what you understood at the time are all factors that can be examined. The law draws broad lines, but the facts of your specific situation are what shape the defence.

If you want to understand how the court process works from this point forward, this article walks you through it.