Building supervisor sentenced to death for trafficking 9kg cannabis


Akbar Ali being escorted out of court by policemen.

ALOR SETAR: A 37-year-old building supervisor has been sentenced to death by the High Court here on Thursday for trafficking 9,401.8g of cannabis last year.

Akbar Ali Abdul Rahman, 37, from Penang, remained calm when the sentence was meted out by Judicial Commissioner Datuk Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab.

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