Two Indonesians sentenced to death over 53 kg of cannabis
Malaysia's High Court on 30 June 2009 sentenced two Indonesian men aged 28 and 30 to death by hanging for trafficking 53 kilograms of cannabis found in the boot of their car. The pair from Aceh had led police on a high-speed chase in September 2007 before crashing and fleeing into a river.
Malaysia’s High Court sentenced two Indonesian men, aged 28 and 30, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of trafficking53 kilograms of cannabis carried in the boot of their car two years earlier.[1]The judge said trafficking carried a mandatory death sentence once the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.[1]
The two men came from Aceh province in Indonesia.[1]Police had asked their car to stop in September 2007, and after they failed to stop, a high-speed chase followed.[1]Their car then crashed, and both men ran from the vehicle and dived into a nearby river before police arrested them shortly afterwards.[1]
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The names of the two men and the city of the High Court were not given.
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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.