Posted on 06/27/2026 5:12:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
(Malaysia) The Court of Appeal commuted the death sentence imposed on a Rohingya refugee to 30 years’ imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane for two drug trafficking charges.
A three-man bench comprising Justices Datuk Azman Abdullah, Datuk Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid and Datuk Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid on Thursday (June 25), set aside the death sentence imposed on Khafai Tullah Nabi Hussein and substituted it with 30 years’ imprisonment for each charge.
The court ordered all sentences to run concurrently, including the 10-year jail term for the third charge of possessing 37.2g of methamphetamine.
On top of the prison terms, the court imposed 24 strokes of the cane for the two trafficking charges and an additional 12 strokes for the possession charge.
However, Justice Azman, in delivering the court's unanimous ruling, clarified that the total strokes actually carried out shall not exceed 24.
Section 288 of the Criminal Procedure Code stipulates that the statutory maximum of 24 strokes of the cane applies even where an offender's combined sentence exceeds that limit.
The panel dismissed Khafai Tullah's appeal against his conviction on two charges of trafficking in 808.6g of heroin and 354.8g of monoacetylmorphine. He did not appeal against his conviction and sentence for the third charge.
Justice Azman said Khafai Tullah's defence, that a man named Mani had access to the house where the drugs were found, was an afterthought.
He added that the discovery of drugs on the appellant, combined with his attempt to flee and the fact that he was alone in the house, established his custody and control over the drugs.
On Sept 19, 2024, the High Court found Khafai Tullah, a UNHCR cardholder, guilty on all three charges.
He was sentenced to death for the drug trafficking charges and to 10 years' imprisonment with 12 strokes of the cane for the third charge.
The offences were committed at a house in Kampung Baru Thye Eng, Bedong, in the Kuala Muda district of Kedah, at approximately 6.10pm on Feb 14, 2019.
In his defence, Khafai Tullah, 36, claimed that a man named Mani had given him a packet of powder, saying it was Ajinomoto seasoning.
At Thursday’s proceedings, Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Nazneen Zulkifli appeared for the prosecution, while lawyer Mohammad Yunus Mohd @ Ahmad Ali represented the appellant.
He escaped the hangman’s noose but will have a scarred backside for the rest of his life.
Ain’t it grand to be living in the modern 21st Century?
Places like and Muslim areas where a woman without a hijab is liable to be convicted and punished.
“Iranian authorities sentenced singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight musicians to 74 lashes, a two-year travel ban, and a ban on artistic work. They were convicted by the Qom provincial criminal court of “hurting public decency” and producing “vulgar content” after she livestreamed a performance on YouTube without wearing the mandatory hijab.”
-—NY Times story.
,,, twenty four strokes of the cane and force feeding of all the narcotics he was carrying is about right. Put it on social media to deter everyone else from trying the same trick.
Almost a death sentence for about 1.5 ounces. From two days ago -
The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said its Crime Reduction Team, along with Longview police and the Lower Columbia SWAT team, seized 7.78 pounds of methamphetamine, 4.42 ounces of fentanyl and 0.5 ounces heroin in the operation.
Ajinomoto is a global Japanese food and biotechnology corporation best known for its namesake umami seasoning, AJI-NO-MOTO (Monosodium Glutamate or MSG). Derived from corn through fermentation, it unlocks savory flavors in cooking and contains about 1/3rd of the sodium of regular table salt.
MSG is a very popular flavoring in South East Aisa.
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