Bangladeshi student sentenced to death in Shah Alam over 3.88 kg of cannabis
The Shah Alam High Court sentenced Bangladeshi engineering student Mohammad Habibul Hassan Khan to death on 10 April 2019 for trafficking 3,875.66 grams of cannabis found in his hostel room in Semenyih in December 2017. The Court of Appeal set the conviction and death sentence aside in November 2021 after finding the prosecution had not proved he knew the bag held drugs.
The Shah Alam High Court sentenced Mohammad Habibul Hassan Khan to death on 10 April 2019 after finding him guilty of trafficking drugs found in his hostel room at a university in Semenyih at about 4pm on 10 December 2017.[1][2]The bag held 3,875.66 grams of cannabis, and he was charged under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries a mandatory death penalty.[1][2]
In his defence he said the bag belonged to another student, Jawad, who stayed outside the university and died by suicide a day after Habibul was caught with it.[1][2]On 25 November 2021 a three-member Court of Appeal panel set the conviction and death sentence aside, ruling the prosecution had failed to prove he knew the bag held drugs and that the trial judge had mishandled his alleged confession to his hostel warden.[1][2]
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