MALAYSIA: FOUR FRIENDS GET THE GALLOWS FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS

four friends were sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab of the Alor Setar High Court in Malaysia. Airport worker Mohd Sabri Ishak, 36, lorry driver Muhamad Hasbi Baskaran Abdullah, 41, Thai national Jarry Saeddanee, 37, and Azizan Hamid, 45, a fisherman from Langkawi, allegedly trafficked 93,070 grammes of cannabis at Bukit Kayu Hitam on May 20, 2006.