Terengganu man Zulkipli Othman sentenced to death over 237.4 g of cannabis
The Malaysian High Court sentenced Zulkipli Othman, 30, of Terengganu to death on 12 October 2004 for trafficking 237.4 grams of cannabis on 16 May 2001. The Kuantan High Court's written judgment records the same 237.4 grams and the same offence date at the Polytechnic quarters in Semambu, Kuantan, where he was tried jointly with two co-accused who were acquitted.
Zulkipli Othman, 30, of Terengganu was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court after being found guilty of trafficking in 237.4 grams of cannabis on 16 May 2001.[1]
The Kuantan High Court judgment for the same case records that Zulkipli was tried jointly with two others for possession of 13.7 grams of cannabis and with one co-accused for trafficking the 237.4 grams at house P 459 U, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Polytechnic quarters, Semambu, Kuantan; both co-accused were acquitted at the end of the prosecution case while Zulkipli was convicted on both charges and handed the mandatory death sentence by hanging.[2]
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