Trader sentenced to death in Kuantan for trafficking 61 kg of cannabis
The High Court in Kuantan sentenced trader Ibrahim Sulaiman, 46, to death on 30 April 2007 after finding him guilty of trafficking 61.159 kg of cannabis outside a Petronas station in Balok Makmor more than four years earlier. His family broke down as he showed no reaction to the mandatory sentence.
The High Court in Kuantan sentenced trader Ibrahim Sulaiman, 46, of Kelantan to death
after finding him guilty of trafficking61.159 kg of cannabis.[1][2]He had committed
the offence in front of the Petronas service station in Balok Makmor on 1 December
2002, more than four years before the sentence.[1][2]
Judge Datuk Heliliah Mohd Yusoff passed the sentence on 30 April 2007, the day before
it was reported.[1][2]Ibrahim showed no reaction, but members of his family including
his parents broke down.[1][2]He was represented by counsel Bob Arumugam while Deputy
Public Prosecutor Rosli Mohd Sham prosecuted.[1][2]
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Cannabis 5.081 kgPrison life imprisonment and 12 strokes
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