MALAYSIA: THREE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Three men, including two Iranians, on 6 December 2019 were sent to the gallows by the High Court in George Town for trafficking methamphetamine into the country four years ago.
Judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir handed down the sentence on J. Balakrishnan, 63, and Iranians Mohammad Abbasi Younes, 37, and Seyed Mohsen Namazikivaj Seyedreza, 31, after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing a prima facie case against them.
However, another accused in the case, B. Lacheme Devi, 56, was acquitted and discharged of the trafficking charge after proving that she had no knowledge of the drug.
“After taking into account all the evidence in the case and the sworn testimony of all the accused, the court found the first, second and third accused (three men, including the two Iranians) guilty.
“Therefore, the court sentenced the three of them to death.”
All of them were jointly charged with trafficking in the drug at a premises in Perindustrian Kecil, Taman Sri Rambai, Seberang Perai Tengah, on 20 August 2015.