Liew Chee Hong, a mosaic layer convicted of trafficking...

Liew Chee Hong, a mosaic layer convicted of trafficking in 1,989gm of cannabis, escaped the hangman's noose after the Court of Appeal in Bernama, Malaysia, allowed his appeal and reduced his charge imposed by the Kuala Lumpur High Court for trafficking to one of possession. The three-member panel headed by Justice Datuk Mokhtar Sidin replaced the death sentence on Liew, 27, with 20 years jail and 10 strokes of the cane. Liew wass to start his jail term from the day he was arrested on February 12, 2002.