Indonesian sentenced to death over 868 g of cannabis
The Kuala Lumpur High Court on 30 September 2009 gave Indonesian Nasir Ibrahim, 31, the mandatory death sentence for trafficking 868 grams of cannabis at a Taman Wilayah roadblock in 2004. The judge rejected his defence as fabricated.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court on 30 September 2009 gave Indonesian Nasir
Ibrahim, 31, the mandatory death sentence for trafficking868 grams of
cannabis more than five years earlier.[1]Judicial Commissioner Zainal Azman
Ab Aziz found that the defence had failed to raise any doubt in the case.[1]He said Nasir’s defence statement was made up and could not be accepted.[1]
Nasir was charged with committing the offence at a roadblock in Taman Wilayah
at 4am on 7 January 2004.[1]A campaign report against Malaysia’s cannabis
death sentences the following January confirmed that Nasir, an Indonesian,
was sentenced on 30 September for 868 grams from more than five years
before.[2]
The same sitting saw the same judge acquit M. Muniyaretnam, 45, of a separate
charge of trafficking 255 grams of cannabis at a noodle factory on Jalan
Kasipillay in January 2007, finding the prosecution had failed to establish a
prima facie case.[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
Kuala Lumpur High Court on 29 September 2026 sentenced Dasham Novada Wickramathunga, 33, to 10 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge over about 2.57 kg of cannabis found at a Jalan Ipoh residence in April 2024.
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.
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.