Federal Court upholds death sentence for almost 1 kg of cannabis
The Federal Court in Putrajaya dismissed electrician Mohd Azhar Saad's final appeal on 17 October 2006, leaving in place the death sentence imposed for trafficking almost 1 kg of cannabis at the Bukit Kayu Hitam immigration complex in 1993.
Malaysia’s Federal Court in Putrajaya dismissed electrician Mohd Azhar Saad’s appeal against his death sentence for trafficking in almost 1 kg of cannabis thirteen years earlier.[1][2]The decision on 17 October 2006 left the death sentence in place after the court rejected counsel Datuk K. Kumaraendran’s contention that the Court of Appeal had erred in law.[1][2]
In November 1994 the High Court had found Azhar guilty of trafficking the drug at the Bukit Kayu Hitam immigration complex in Kedah on 6 July 1993.[1][2]The courts accepted a statement he made to a lance corporal at the time of his arrest.[1][2]His appeal to the Court of Appeal had already been dismissed in August 2001.[1][2]
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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.