Marijuana farm case: Retired diplomat, son charged with drug trafficking


KUALA LUMPUR: A retired diplomat and his son linked to a Janda Baik marijuana farm have been charged at a Magistrate's Court in Bentong with drug offences including trafficking which carries a death penalty.

Datuk Zainal Abidin Alias, 78, and his son Mohamed Rizal, 53, were charged before Magistrate Shahrul Ekhsan Hashim on Friday (June 3).

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