Two men sentenced to death over 2.8 kg of cannabis in Gurun
The Alor Setar High Court sentenced Rizal Sham Ahmad and Md Fitri Md Saad to death on 26 September 2010 for trafficking 2,805 grams of cannabis found in a Gurun shopping-complex car park in 2006. The judge ruled the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt under a law carrying a mandatory death sentence.
The High Court in Alor Setar sentenced Rizal Sham Ahmad, 32, and Md Fitri Md Saad, 33, to death on 26 September 2010 after finding them guilty of trafficking in 2.8 kilograms of cannabis.[1][2]Justice Datuk Zamani A. Rahim ruled that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt.[1][2]
The two men, a factory van driver and a labourer, had been charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 over cannabis found at the car park of the Aneka Shopping Complex in Gurun at about 4pm on 7 February 2006, more than four years before the verdict.[1][2]That charge carries a mandatory death sentence on conviction.[1]The judge found that the two men had given contradictory statements that the court could not accept.[1][2]
Rizal Sham was represented by counsel M. Chandran and Md Fitri by A. Ashok, while Deputy Public Prosecutor Norshuhada Mohd Yatim appeared for the prosecution.[1]
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