Singer Yasin spared death penalty as cannabis trafficking charge dropped
Nasyid singer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman escaped a death-penalty cannabis trafficking charge in Petaling Jaya on 6 July 2022 when the prosecution withdrew it. He instead faces charges of possessing 193.7g of cannabis and ingesting a cannabis metabolite.
🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya Court Complex, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Nasyid singer and composer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman was reported arrested
over drug charges on March 31, 2022.[1]He stood accused of trafficking
about 214g of cannabis at his Kota Damansara residence on the evening of
March 24.[2]
On July 6 the prosecution withdrew the trafficking charge, which carried the
death penalty or life imprisonment, and the magistrate granted him a discharge
not amounting to an acquittal.[2]The same day Yasin pleaded not guilty to
ingesting a cannabis metabolite at the Petaling Jaya police narcotics office
on the night of March 24, an offence punishable by a fine or up to two years
in jail.[2]
He also pleaded not guilty before the Sessions Court to possessing 193.7g of
cannabis at his home, a charge carrying life imprisonment or at least five
years plus caning.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Agency type
Court
Activity
Possession, Trafficking
Setting
Home
Charges
trafficking about 214g of cannabis; possessing 193.7g of cannabis; ingesting 11-nor-delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid
Case stage
Charged
Region
Selangor
Sources
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