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Malaysia: 10 years, 10 strokes for having cannabis

Malay Mail

Friday 14 Apr 2006

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SHAH ALAM: A 37-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years’ jail and ordered
to be given 10 strokes of the rotan by the High Court yesterday, after
pleading guilty to an alternative charge of possessing more than 200g of
cannabis.

Judicial Commissioner Datuk Zaharah Ibrahim ordered Alley Anuar Mohamad
to serve his sentence from the date of his arrest, on May 23, 2004.

Earlier, counsel Samry Masri and Aminuddin Mohd Ramli told the court
that Alley has regretted his actions.

“His plea of guilt has saved the court’s time and cost,” Samry said.

“It won’t serve any purpose to put him away behind bars for a long time,
as he has a sick and old mother to look after.”

In pressing for a harsher sentence, DPP Saiful Edris Zainuddin said that
the amount of drugs the accused was caught with was high.

“I urge the court to mete out between 15 and 18 years in jail,” he said.

Saiful also pointed out that Alley has two previous convictions in 2002,
where he was sentenced to four months in jail, also for drug possession.

This, he said, showed the accused has no remorse over his actions.

Alley admitted to having 237.6g of cannabis at Lot 331, Jalan Pancan
Bedera, Sungai Besar in Sabak Bernam, at 3.50pm, on May 23, two years ago.

 

 

 

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