Johor court sentences 25-year-old to death over 1.94 kg of cannabis
The High Court in Johor Bahru on 4 September 2009 sentenced Khalil Anuar Sukirman, 25, to death for trafficking 1,942.9 grams of cannabis carried on his motorbike in 2006, imposing the mandatory death sentence.
The High Court in Johor Bahru sentenced 25-year-old Khalil Anuar Sukirman to death
for drug trafficking on 4 September 2009.[1][2]He had been charged with
trafficking 1,942.9 grams of cannabis at Jalan Dataran 4/5, Taman Kempas, at
around 12.30am on 4 October 2006.[1]
The drugs were found inside a bag in the basket of the motorbike he was riding,
and the bag held two compressed slabs of ganja leaves wrapped in foil and
cellophane tape.[1]Judicial Commissioner Datuk Mohd Zawawi Salleh held that the
defence had failed to cast doubt on the prosecution’s case and sentenced him to
death.[1][2]He had been charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs
Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death penalty.[1]Deputy public prosecutor
Laila Lateh prosecuted, while lawyer Bustaman Menon represented the accused.[1]
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On 19 October 2026 the Sibu High Court sentenced Tiong Soon Hieng, 41, to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for trafficking 5,081.06 g of cannabis. Judge Wong Siong Tung declined the death penalty and dated the term from his arrest on 6 January 2023 outside a coffee shop in Bintangor.
Cannabis 5.081 kgPrison life imprisonment and 12 strokes
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S. Mohan, 38, and Ahmad Shamil Abdul Rashid, 28, were sentenced to 30 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for trafficking 139 kg of cannabis from a Bangsar car park in 2022. The judge found the case proven beyond reasonable doubt; the prosecution had sought the heavy term over the quantity.
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