Food outlet assistant sentenced to death for 23 kg of cannabis
The George Town High Court sentenced 30-year-old food outlet assistant Sharifurahim Abdullah to death for trafficking 23 kg of cannabis in Bukit Mertajam in 2006. Judicial commissioner Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah imposed the mandatory death sentence.
The George Town High Court sentenced thirty-year-old food outlet assistant Sharifurahim Abdullah to death for trafficking in 23 kg of cannabis.[1][2]Judicial commissioner Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah imposed the sentence for the offence committed behind a house in Kampung Permatang Rawa, Bukit Mertajam, at about 9 p.m. on 31 March 2006.[1][2]
Both outlets trace the case to the New Straits Times of 31 July 2010, which reported the sentencing as having happened the day before.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The report is dated 30 July 2010 from the New Straits Times publication date of 31 July, which describes the sentencing as yesterday; no separate judgment date was stated.
Both opened sources reproduce the New Straits Times account rather than offering independent reporting of the trial.
No appeal or execution outcome appeared in the opened sources.
No photo of the case with a recoverable address was found.
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Cannabis 5.081 kgPrison life imprisonment and 12 strokes
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Malaysia's Federal Court reinstated the trafficking convictions and 30-year sentences of Azril Azhar Ahmad and Zulfattar Md Ridzuan for 264.36 g of cannabis, after the Court of Appeal had reduced the charge to possession. Both had been released in February 2026.