Two sentenced to death in Malaysia over 971 g of cannabis
A Malaysian High Court sentenced Kairil Anuar Abdul Rahman and Afendi Adam to death on 8 October 2008 for trafficking 971 grams of cannabis. The pair had been arrested in March 2002 for selling the drug.
The High Court sentenced Kairil Anuar Abdul Rahman, 34, and Afendi Adam, 28,
to death for trafficking971 grams of marijuana.[1]The pair, a restaurant
worker and a painter respectively, had been arrested in March 2002 for selling
the drug.[1]
Judicial Commissioner Ridwan Ibrahim said the court had no choice but to
impose the death sentences, the mandatory punishment for trafficking, after
the men were found guilty.[1]Lawyers for the pair were expected to appeal
against the convictions and sentences.[1]
Case data
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The account rests on a single opened report, which itself attributes the facts to Hands Off Cain and the New Straits Times; no second newsroom account was checked.
The report does not say which city's High Court passed the sentences.
The report gives March 2002 as the month of the arrest but no exact date for the sale.
The report says an appeal was expected but records no outcome.
No photograph of the men or the proceedings with a recoverable direct image address was found.
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.