Three sentenced to death over 4.5 kg of ganja in Genting Sempah
The High Court in Temerloh sentenced three people, including a married couple, to death by hanging on 27 January 2011 for trafficking 4.521 kg of ganja found in their car near McDonald's at Genting Sempah in March 2010.
The High Court in Temerloh sentenced Ahmad Mukamal Abdul Wahab, 37, Suhana Kamarudin, 28, and her husband Shawal Hashim, 37, to death by hanging on 27 January 2011 after finding them guilty of trafficking4.521 kg of ganja.[1][2]Judicial Commissioner Datuk Akhtar Tahir held that the prosecution had proved a prima facie case and said death by hanging was the only sentence available under Section 39B(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.[1]
The three had been jointly charged over slabs of ganja found after police stopped the Perodua Kancil they were travelling in near the McDonald’s restaurant at Genting Sempah on 9 March 2010.[1]Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Najmi Daud prosecuted, while Zulkafli Abd Hamid appeared for Ahmad Mukamal and Shawal and Ahmad Nizam Hamid for Suhana.[1]
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