25yr-old Gets Death For Trafficking Ganja in Malaysia
Skyline of the Malaysian city Johor Baru, where a man has been sentenced to death for trafficking marijuana.JOHOR BARU: A 25-year-old man was sentenced to death by at a High Court here after he was found guilty of trafficking over 1kg of cannabis three years ago.
Khalil Anuar Sukirman was charged with trafficking 1,942.9g of cannabis at Jalan Dataran 4/5, Taman Kempas here at around 12.30am on Oct 4, 2006.
According to the facts of the case, the drugs were found inside a bag, which was in the basket of the motorbike driven by the accused.
The bag contained two compressed slabs of ganja leaves that were wrapped in foil and cellophane tape.
High Court Judicial Commissioner Datuk Mohd Zawawi Salleh said that the defence had failed to cast a doubt on the prosecution’s case and eventually sentenced the man to death.
The accused was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Laila Lateh prosecuted while lawyer Bustaman Menon represented the accused.
- Article from The Star Online on September 4, 2009.
I have noticed that Cannabis
I have noticed that Cannabis Culture occasionally reports
about individuals running into big problems with drugs in Asian countries such as Malaysia,Thailand,etc.It is certainly informative to read once in a while about that but this type of info quickly become redundant.Other media such as movies have also reported ad nauseam about the fate of strangers caught with drugs in such countries.
So,in my view,I think most people are aware of this simple equation that sums it all up
DRUGS + ASIAN COUNTRY = DEATH
Can we now turn the page and move on to something else.
For those interested in continuing reading such news there are web sites who reports on drug war throughout the world
injustice
yeah but most drugs are man made, cannabis is not, why should he die for a grass. would he die for selling rice or corn, no he wouldnt, but why not? they are grasses.
"For those interested in
"For those interested in continuing reading such news there are web sites who reports on drug war throughout the world"
ummm....like like this one for instance???
Keep reporting these stories
The more people that read these stories means the more outraged people should be. You can't stop reporting these injustices.
Peace & Pot
Wow
If that was my son I would be pissed with nothing to lose people would DIE that had anything to do with this conviction. what a bunch of bull shit. to die over weed.
This just goes to show that
This just goes to show that the ever growing ignorance of the world is going to continue for quite some time. This is the 21 century and countries are still sentencing people to death, you cant squash one act with a greater one. I wonder what happens to rapists and pedophiles in Malaysia, an even worse crime? The world needs to wake up and there needs to be a revolution!
FREE MARC EMERY!
Whenever I see in the news
Whenever I see in the news that Indonesia or Malaysia is blasted with a tsunami or earth quake, I consider it good news. I think that every time they execute a marijuana prisoner we should drop one Nagasaki sized nuke onto their world. Well, that may be a little extreme, but if I were in charge, these barbaric sentences would not be carried out, period. The leaders of these countries need to be held accountable. Like with their own executions.
US World War on Drugs
In my opinion, Malaysians are not bad people, nor are their governments.
By tying foreign aid to their international war on drugs, the Americans are the ones making these executions possible.
Some people will blame
Some people will blame Americans no matter. It's ridiculous. There is no sense or sensibility in that statement. Where's your power of reasoning? Does it even exist? Dummy!
Makes me sick!! Wasn't even
Makes me sick!! Wasn't even bud, it was leaf!!
damn!
thank God Marc didn't get extradited to Malaysia!
malaysian death sentence
i think he got off lite, fuckin'weed smokin fornicaters!!