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Malaysia: 8 years' jail, rotan for drug possession

New Straits Times

Wednesday 04 Oct 2006

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SHAH ALAM: A customer service officer was yesterday sentenced by the
High Court to eight years’ jail and 10 strokes of the rotan for
possessing 750.5g of cannabis.

Mohamed Redzuan Mohamed Ali, 27, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge
of possessing the drug along Jalan 19/13, Section 19 here at 1.30am on
Nov 15, 2003.

When sentencing, judge Datuk K.N. Segara told Redzuan that he had
brought shame to his family.

"You come from a good family but have wasted your youth on the foolish
act of getting involved with drugs," he said, ordering the term to begin
from the date of arrest.

In mitigation, counsel Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah urged the court
for leniency.

"His four older siblings are professionals, his father a retiree and his
mother a housewife," he said.

Deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin pressed for a
deterrent sentence to teach the accused a lesson and to relay a message
to would-be offenders.
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