MALAYSIA: TWO THAIS FREED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGE ON APPEAL

Thai nationals Sureeya Wutthisat, 47, and Asan Tong, 45, had their conviction and death sentences set aside by Malaysian Court of Appeal judges Maarop and Daud and High Court Judge Wahi because the High Court had committed misdirection when assessing the evidence. The Temerloh High Court sentenced them to death on April 22, 2009, for trafficking in 18,754 grams of cannabis in Jalan Ketari, Bentong, Pahang state on April 24, 2004.