Thai single mother sentenced to death for 1.04 kg of cannabis
The Kota Bharu High Court sentenced Thai national Roseedah Cheubong, 41, to death on 19 August 2009 for trafficking 1.04 kg of cannabis outside a petrol station in February 2004; the judge imposed the mandatory death sentence under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
The High Court in Kota Bharu sentenced Thai woman Roseedah Cheubong, 41, to death by
hanging for trafficking cannabis five years earlier.[1]She shed tears in the courtroom
in the north-eastern state of Kelantan after the sentence was passed, the official
Bernama news agency said.[1]
Judge Datuk Muhamad Ideres Muhamad Rapee imposed the mandatory death sentence after the
prosecution proved its case against her.[2]She had been caught with just over 1 kg of
cannabis while waiting in front of a petrol station in February 2004.[1]The court
recorded the trafficking weight as 1.04 kg of marijuana.[2]Her lawyer told the court
she was a single mother trying to support herself and her teenage child and that she was
sorry, while the deputy prosecutor called for the mandated penalty because of the
gravity of the offence.[2]She had been jailed since her arrest in February 2004, and no
appeal had been reported.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The opened reports give no separate date for the 2004 offence beyond February 2004 in one account and 3 February 2004 in the underlying agency report it cites.
The reports do not say what became of any appeal against the conviction and sentence.
No photograph of the accused or the proceedings with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources.
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.