Vegetable farmer sentenced to death over 26 kg of cannabis in Kedah
The Alor Setar High Court sentenced vegetable farmer Ahmad Roslan Mat, 46, to death on 17 March 2011 for trafficking 26.35 kg of cannabis found by a roadside in Baling in 2009. The court ruled the prosecution had established a prima facie case against him.
The High Court in Alor Setar sentenced Ahmad Roslan Mat, 46, to death on Thursday 17 March 2011 after finding him guilty of trafficking26.35 kilogrammes of cannabis.[1]Judge Datuk Zakiah Kassim delivered the sentence after ruling that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against him.[1]
Ahmad Roslan, a vegetable farmer from Selama, Perak, was alleged to have committed the offence at 5.15pm on 1 May 2009 by the roadside at Kampung Tebing Tinggi in Baling.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Cannabis
26.35 kg
Prison
death by hanging
Agency type
Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (26.35 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Death sentence
Sources
Bernamaccguide.orgMalaysia Vegetable Farmer Gets Death For Cannabis Trafficking
Open questions the AI reported
Only the Bernama wire account, read via a reprint, was found, so no second outlet confirms the details.
The offence dates to 1 May 2009 while the sentence came in March 2011; no appeal or execution outcome was reported.
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Cannabis 5.081 kgPrison life imprisonment and 12 strokes
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