Tour guide Lokman Borhan sentenced to death in Kuantan
Kuantan High Court sentenced tour guide Lokman Borhan, 54, to death on 5 July 2011 for trafficking 895.08 grams of cannabis. He received a further four years in jail for possessing 22.39 grams at the same place and time.
Kuantan High Court sentenced tour guide Lokman Borhan, 54, to death on 5 July
2011 for trafficking895.08 grams of cannabis about a year earlier.[1]Judicial Commissioner Mariana Yahya found the defence had not raised reasonable
doubt against the prosecution’s case.[1]Lokman was charged over drugs at
house number 11, Lorong Kubang Buaya 47, Taman Kubang Buaya 3, at 9.20pm on 7
August 2010.[1]
The court also gave him four years in jail from the date of arrest for
possessing five packets holding 22.39 grams of suspected cannabis at the same
place and time.[1]Nine prosecution witnesses and two defence witnesses
testified at the trial, which the Bernama news agency reported.[1]
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Cannabis 5.081 kgPrison life imprisonment and 12 strokes
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