Shah Alam court sentences 19-year-old to death over 622 g of cannabis
The Shah Alam High Court on 8 December 2009 sentenced Shahrul Izani Suparman, 19 at his 2003 arrest, to death for trafficking 622 grams of cannabis found in a borrowed motorcycle in Klang; he was later pardoned and spared the noose in 2017.
Shahrul Izani Suparman was 19 when he was stopped at a roadblock in Klang, Selangor in September 2003 after officers found 622 grams of cannabis in the basket of a borrowed motorcycle on which he was riding.[1][2][3]Because of the amount he was presumed to be trafficking, an offence that carried the mandatory death penalty.[2]
The Shah Alam High Courtconvicted him of drug trafficking and mandatorily sentenced him to death on 8 December 2009, after he had already spent six years in prison.[1][3]His appeal was denied in 2012.[2]
Pardon
Shahrul’s family approached Amnesty International Malaysia in 2014, and the organisation campaigned for commutation of the sentence from 2015, collecting more than 10,000 signatures worldwide.[1][3]The Sultan of Selangor granted a pardon, and 33-year-old Shahrul and his family were told of the successful clemency application at Sungai Buloh prison in February 2017.[1][2][3]His mother Sapenah Nawawi thanked the Sultan at a press conference on 27 February 2017.[3]
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On 19 October 2026 the Sibu High Court sentenced Tiong Soon Hieng, 41, to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for trafficking 5,081.06 g of cannabis. Judge Wong Siong Tung declined the death penalty and dated the term from his arrest on 6 January 2023 outside a coffee shop in Bintangor.
Cannabis 5.081 kgPrison life imprisonment and 12 strokes
Kuala Lumpur High Court on 29 September 2026 sentenced Dasham Novada Wickramathunga, 33, to 10 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge over about 2.57 kg of cannabis found at a Jalan Ipoh residence in April 2024.
S. Mohan, 38, and Ahmad Shamil Abdul Rashid, 28, were sentenced to 30 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for trafficking 139 kg of cannabis from a Bangsar car park in 2022. The judge found the case proven beyond reasonable doubt; the prosecution had sought the heavy term over the quantity.
Malaysia's Federal Court reinstated the trafficking convictions and 30-year sentences of Azril Azhar Ahmad and Zulfattar Md Ridzuan for 264.36 g of cannabis, after the Court of Appeal had reduced the charge to possession. Both had been released in February 2026.