TEMERLOH, April 22 – Two thai nationals were sentenced to death by the High Court here today for trafficking in 18.754kg of cannabis at a petrol station in Bentong five years ago.
Justice Datuk Abdul Halim Aman, in convicting Sureeya Wuttisat, 45, and Asan Tong, 47, both of Narathiwat province, held that the defence had failed to cast a doubt on the prosecution’s case.
They were found guilty of committing the offence at the Esso petrol station in Jalan Ketari, Bentong, at 3.30pm on April 24, 2004.
The offence under section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries the mandatory death sentence.
The prosecution called 13 witnesses and the defence, four. Deputy public prosecutor Datuk Razali Che Ani appeared for the prosecution while the two accused were represented by counsel Muhammad Hasif Hasan. – Bernama
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