Hawker gets death penalty for trafficking

2009/11/24

ALOR STAR: The High Court here today imposed the madatory death sentence on a hawker after finding him guilty of trafficking in cannabis, eight years ago. Judge Datuk Mohd Sofian Abd Razak made the decision after finding Jaafar Sidek Darus, 47, had failed to raise any reasonable doubt in his defence.

The accused was caught trafficking in 24.418 kilogrammes of cannabis at house number in Taman Tanjung Indah, Kulim near here at 12.30pm on Feb 23.

Drug trafficking carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction in the country.

The accused was represented by counsel Jagdeep Singh Deo while the prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Ridha Abdah Subri.

In SHAH ALAM, a similar fate befell a workshop assistant after he was found guilty by the Shah Alam High Court of trafficking in 1,707 grammes of cannabis, four years ago.

Judicial Commissioner Datuk Umi Khaltum Abdul Majid imposed the mandatory death penalty on Jasri Sarip Ahmad, 30, after the defence failed to raise any doubts in the prosecution's case.

Jasri was caught with the drugs at the parking lot of the Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital in Ampang near Kuala Lumpur at 3.35am on Oct 10, 2005.
DPP Zainal Azwar Kamaruddin prosecuted while the accused was represented by counsel M.Danish.
-- BERNAMA