Three people sentenced to death in Malaysia for selling pot...

If you are going to sell cannabis, please do it somewhere besides Malaysia. Three people, including one couple, were sentenced on Thursday to death by hanging by the high court at Temerloh, Malaysia for trafficking 4.5 kilograms (just under 10 pounds) of marijuana last year.

"Death by hanging is the only sentence provided for offenses under Section 39B (1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1952," said Judicial Commissioner Datuk Akhtar Tahir, reports Bernama, the official Malaysian national news agency.

Tahir said the prosecution had proven a prima facie case against Ahmad Mukamal Abdul Wahab, 37; Suhana Kamarudin, 28; and her husband Shawal Hashim, 37. More...

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