Shah Alam court sentences Indonesian to death over 979 g of cannabis
The Shah Alam High Court on 26 September 2008 sentenced Indonesian migrant worker Junaidi Nurdin, 32, to death for selling 979 grams of cannabis to an undercover policeman at a restaurant in April 2004. His lawyers were expected to appeal against the conviction and sentence.
The Shah Alam High Court sentenced Indonesian immigrant Junaidi Nurdin, 32, to death for selling 979 grams of cannabis.[1]
Nurdin was arrested in April 2004 after he sold the cannabis to an undercover policeman at a restaurant in Shah Alam.[1]Two weeks before the 10 October 2008 roundup that reported it, the court imposed the death sentence, the mandatory punishment for trafficking under section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.[1]His lawyers were expected to appeal against the conviction and sentence.[1]
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Cannabis 5.081 kgPrison life imprisonment and 12 strokes
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