SHAH ALAM, Oct 27 — An event coordinator was sentenced to eight years’ jail and 10 strokes of the rotan by the High Court here today on two counts of drug possession, involving 419.31gm of cannabis, in May last year.
Sallehuddin Hamdan, 39, pleaded guilty to committing the offence at No: 3, Jalan SS/17D, Subang Jaya near here about 11.45pm on May 9, 2009.
On the first charge, with possession of 416gm of cannabis, Sallehuddin was sentenced to eight years’ jail and 10 strokes of the rotan, while the second offence, for possession of 416gm of cannabis, he was sentenced to 10 months jail.
However, Judicial Commissioner Datuk Asmabi Mohamad ordered Sallehuddin to serve the jail sentence concurrently from the date of his arrest on May 9 last year.
Sallehuddin was initially charged with drug trafficking, which carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
However, he changed his plea to guilty when the prosecution offered an alternative charge for drug possession.
Earlier in mitigation, lawyer Ghazali Mohd Taib, who represented Sallehuddin, said he client was remorseful and promised not to repeat the mistake.
Deputy public prosecutor Wan Zuraida Wan Nawan prosecuted. — Bernama
Sallehuddin Hamdan, 39, pleaded guilty to committing the offence at No: 3, Jalan SS/17D, Subang Jaya near here about 11.45pm on May 9, 2009.
On the first charge, with possession of 416gm of cannabis, Sallehuddin was sentenced to eight years’ jail and 10 strokes of the rotan, while the second offence, for possession of 416gm of cannabis, he was sentenced to 10 months jail.
However, Judicial Commissioner Datuk Asmabi Mohamad ordered Sallehuddin to serve the jail sentence concurrently from the date of his arrest on May 9 last year.
Sallehuddin was initially charged with drug trafficking, which carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
However, he changed his plea to guilty when the prosecution offered an alternative charge for drug possession.
Earlier in mitigation, lawyer Ghazali Mohd Taib, who represented Sallehuddin, said he client was remorseful and promised not to repeat the mistake.
Deputy public prosecutor Wan Zuraida Wan Nawan prosecuted. — Bernama
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