If you are going to sell cannabis, please do it somewhere besides Malaysia. Three people, including one couple, were sentenced on Thursday to death by hanging by the high court at Temerloh, Malaysia for trafficking 4.5 kilograms (just under 10 pounds) of marijuana last year.
(Bernama.com) “Death by hanging is the only sentence provided for offenses under Section 39B (1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1952,” said Judicial Commissioner Datuk Akhtar Tahir, reports Bernama, the official Malaysian national news agency.
Tahir said the prosecution had proven a prima facie case against Ahmad Mukamal Abdul Wahab, 37; Suhana Kamarudin, 28; and her husband Shawal Hashim, 37.
Ahmad Mukamal and Shawal reportedly shook their heads when the sentence was announced.
“I am not guilty,” Suhana shouted from the dock. “I have a child and had promised to return,” the young mother said.
The three were charged with selling marijuana near a McDonald’s restaurant at Genting Sempah at 12:30 a.m. on March 9, 2010.
Police stopped the vehicle in which they were traveling and seized the slabs of marijuana totaling 4.5 kilos.
Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Najmi Daud prosecuted the case. Counsel Zulkafli Abd Hamid defended Ahmad Mukamal and Shawal, while Ahmad Nizam Hamid defended Suhana.
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OK, this right here is why our government seed to own up and tell the truth about cannabis and how the drug laws have failed. People not only getting shot in their homes over weed here in the USA but they are getting Hung to death in other countries because of our laws. How they can justify killing anyone opver marijuana is the biggest farce in the world, a plant that has no toxic effect and is basically harmless will can get you killed simply by owning it? Its too much I dont understand where the news and the public outrage, we truly have our values all screwed up to allow this to happen.
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