A prison warden was sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court on 31 January 2023 after it found him guilty of distributing cannabis and methamphetamine weighing 410.07 g inside the Sungai Buloh prison complex.[1][2] Judge Nurulhuda Nur’aini Md Nor held that the defence of Mohd Elmy Arif Hamid, 40, had failed to raise reasonable doubt on the charge.[1][2]
He was charged with distributing the drugs at the prison complex at 11am on 18 June 2019 under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries the death sentence under Section 39B(2).[1] The court also found him guilty on four other charges of possessing heroin (4.25 g), monoacetylmorphines (1 g), etizolam (38.67 g) and clozapine (50.8 g) at the same place and time.[1]
For those four counts he received two years’ jail with three strokes of the rotan for the heroin, one year each for the monoacetylmorphines and etizolam, and six months for the clozapine, all to run concurrently from his arrest on 18 June 2019.[1] The trial, which began on 24 August 2021, heard nine prosecution witnesses and three defence witnesses including the accused.[1]