MALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON INDONESIAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

the Federal Court in Putrajaya, Malaysia, upheld the death sentence imposed on an Indonesian found guilty of trafficking in 866 grammes of cannabis six years ago.
Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum presiding a three-man panel with Federal Court judges Datuk Hashim Yusoff and Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin dismissed Muklis Jafar's final appeal.
The panel reaffirmed the Shah Alam High Court's decision on Feb 6, 2009 to convict and sentence him to death for trafficking in the drug at Jalan Shahpadu, Kampung Teluk Kapas, Rantau Panjang, Klang, Selangor on Sept 21, 2004.
The Court of Appeal also dismissed Muklis's appeal on Nov 17, 2009.
Muklis has a final recourse to the Pardons Board to commute his death sentence to a jail term.