Muhammad Amirul Aliff bin Md Zainal pleaded guilty to importing not less than 499.9 g of cannabis from Malaysia into Singapore with two accomplices on 30 December 2017.[1][2] He was part of a Malaysia-based syndicate that hid the drugs in a rented car driven across the border after another accomplice entered first through the Woodlands Checkpoint to check conditions.[1]
The High Court sentenced him to 27 years’ imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane, while his two co-accused received 24 years and six months each with 15 strokes.[1][2] Amirul appealed on the ground that he was no more culpable than them.
On 5 May 2021 the Court of Appeal, with Justices Andrew Phang Boon Leong, Judith Prakash and Steven Chong, found no basis to intervene and dismissed the appeal.[1][2]
