Trader sentenced to death for cannabis trafficking in Muar
The High Court in Muar on 14 May 2017 sentenced trader Hairul Fazli Mokhtar, 36, to the mandatory death sentence after finding him guilty of trafficking in cannabis at a grocery shop on Jalan Bukit Treh in March 2016. Six prosecution witnesses and two defence witnesses testified before Judicial Commissioner Muhammad Jamil Hussin ruled the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt.
🇲🇾 Kedai Runcit Toh, Jalan Bukit Treh, Muar, Johor · Malaysia
Judicial Commissioner Muhammad Jamil Hussin sentenced Hairul Fazli Mokhtar, a 36-year-old trader, to death in the High Court in Muar on 14 May 2017 after finding him guilty of trafficking in cannabis.[1]The offence was committed at Kedai Runcit Toh, No. 2 Bawah, Jalan Bukit Treh, at 3pm on 3 March 2016, under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death sentence.[1]His wife and other family members in court were seen wiping their tears while the accused appeared frail in the dock.[1]
The judge ruled that the prosecution had proven the accused was in possession of the dangerous drugs and that there were no reasonable grounds to say the cannabis did not belong to him.[1]The prosecution, conducted by deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Shukri Hussain, called six witnesses against two for the defence, led by counsel Lydiana Mansor.[1]
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