Malaysia 2011
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News on Malaysia in 2011
- DECEMBER 31, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
in Malaysia, Justice Mohd Yazid Mustaffa sentenced interior designer
in Malaysia, Justice Mohd Yazid Mustaffa sentenced interior designer
- DECEMBER 30, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
a 65-year-old motorcycle shop owner was sentenced to death
a 65-year-old motorcycle shop owner was sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 28, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WOMAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Indonesian woman Maggie Taissya Olyvia, 27, was sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab for trafficking 656.15g of heroin and 185.14g of monoacetylmorphine at the Custom, Immigration and Quarantine Complex in
- DECEMBER 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: LAUNDRY OPERATOR GETS DEATH FOR DRUGS
Malaysian High Court Judicial Commissioner Datuk Zakiah Kassim sentenced Md Nazli Sahid Said, 39, from Penang, to death for trafficking 1.06kg of cannabis at Mergong on December 24, 2010.
- DECEMBER 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GUILTY OF DRUG TRAFFICKING, POSSESSION
Judge Datuk Abd Halim Aman of the Johor Baru High Court in Malaysia sentenced 48-year-old coffee shop worker Lam Foh Lin to death.
- DECEMBER 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: UGANDAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR DRUGS
Ugandan woman Nabweteme Hadija, a 56-year-old handicraft businesswoman, was sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court for smuggling 2.3kg of methamphetamine at the Penang International Airport on Se
- DECEMBER 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH
High Court Judicial commissioner Teo Say Eng sentenced S. Sivakalisvaran, 27, a lorry driver from Lorong Kledang, Taman Sentosa, Menglembu, to death for murdering his brother-in-law S. Ganesan, 35, in Medan Lahat on December 29, 2009 after a family quarre
DECEMBER 13, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: LABOURER SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Azman Abdullah sentenced labourer Rosdi Taib, 43, from Rantau Panjang, to
- NOVEMBER 21, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE IN FAMILY TO HANG
a company director and his two children were sentenced to death by the High
NOVEMBER 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SINGAPOREAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEPSON'S MURDER
A Singaporean was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia after he was found guilty
- NOVEMBER 4, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ZAMBIAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Zambian woman was sentenced to death in Malaysia for trafficking in 770.2gm of methamphetamine
NOVEMBER 4, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE IRANIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Malaysian high court sentenced three Iranians to death by hanging after they were
- NOVEMBER 3, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE OF BROTHERS UPHELD
Justice Datuk Sulong Matjeraie, Datuk Clement Allan Skinner and Datuk Mohamed Apandi Ali of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence of brothers B.Suthar 33, and B.Ramesh, 39.
- OCTOBER 31, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Datuk Abd Halim Aman of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Chai Tee Keiong, 55, to death for trafficking 430.98 grams of heroin and 63.83 grams of monoacetylmorphines in Kampung Lukut Cina, near Kota Tinggi, on January 25, 2010.
- OCTOBER 25, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: JAPANESE SENTENCED TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUGS
the Malaysian High Court in Shah Alam sentenced 37-year-old Japanese woman Mariko Takeuchi, a former nurse, to death for smuggling methamphetamine into the country.
- OCTOBER 25, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NIGHTCLUB CASHIER TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
nightclub cashier Fang Yuen Heong, 35, was sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Samsudin Hassan of the Malaysian High Court for possessing 757.74gm of methamphatamine and 26.23gm of nimetazepam at a house in Taman Johor Jaya on December 23, 2008.
- OCTOBER 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Datin Paduka Zaleha Zahari, Datuk Sulaiman Daud and Datuk Clement Allan Skinner of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence of graduate student Irawadi Mohammad, 30.
- OCTOBER 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE SENT TO GALLOWS FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
Malaysian national Ong Kok Soo, 60, and Singaporeans Lau Ching Hong...
- OCTOBER 14, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: BAR WANTS DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED
the Malaysian Bar Council called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to abolish the death penalty as part of his reform agenda.
- OCTOBER 14, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Indian national Abu Baker Siddiq Abdul Kader, 29, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for possessing 710 grams of Ketamine and other illicit drugs at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on August 6, 2010. He was also sentenced to a year
- OCTOBER 6, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: PUBLIC FORUM ON THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
a public forum promoting the abolition of the death penalty will be held on October 13 to create awareness among Malaysians as well as better understand public opinion on the issue.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki sent Indian national Munuswamy Sundar
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER UPHELD
Datin Zahari, Datuk Skinner and Datuk Albert of the Malaysian Appellate court upheld the death sentence of P. Balan Subramaniam for murdering his wife R.Angeladevi, 48.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TOUR BUS DRIVER ESCAPES GALLOWS
in Malaysia, Appeal Court Justice Zaleha and Datuk Skinner and Datuk Albert set aside the death sentence of tour bus driver Mahadzar, 37, and sentenced him to life imprisonment on the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TRIO TO HANG FOR DRUGS
Kwok Weng Fatt, 62, Abdul Rahman Lee Abdullah, 54, and Nurul Jannah Seng
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SINGAPOREAN GETS CHANCE TO OVERTURN DEATH SENTENCE
Singaporean woman Noor Atiqah M. Lasim, 26, who was sentenced to death in 2011 for drug trafficking in Malaysia, was successful before the Court of Appeal in her application to introduce fresh evidence to overturn her conviction.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE AFFIRMED
Judges Matjeraie, Ma’ah, and Ali of the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal in Malaysia affirmed the death sentence of labourer Ejah Jaafar, 51, for murdering Hajan Jaiman, 37, in Jalan Utara, Sandakan, on October 21, 2006.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: RUBBER TAPPER TO HANG FOR GIRL’S MURDER
Judicial Commissioner Datuk Zakiah Kassim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced rubber tapper Mohd Haris Abdul Talib, 28, from Kupang in Baling, to a mandatory death sentence.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: MALAYSIAN TRIO TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three Malaysians found in possession of 45kg of drugs were sent to the gallows
AUGUST 24, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG PEDDLING
Datuk Wira Low Bop Bing, Datuk Clement Allan Skinner and Justice Sangau Gunting of