JOHOR BARU – A food delivery rider was sentenced to death by hanging by the high court here today after he was found guilty of trafficking 764.90 grammes of cannabis into the country three years ago.
Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid handed down the sentence on Izad Shahizal Pungot, 41, after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubts against the prosecution’s case.
Izad Shahizal was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which is punishable under Section 39B (2) of the same law, for trafficking the drug at Pangsapuri Desa Dato’ Hajah Hasnah here at about 9.30pm on January 16, 2018.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Syafiq Mohd Ghazali, while lawyer Shaik Saleem S. M. Daud represented the accused. – Bernama, November 24, 2021
