Maintenance staff spared hangman's noose, jailed 14 years and six months for possessing drugs


PUTRAJAYA: A former maintenance staff at an army air base in Sungai Petani, Kedah, escapes the hangman’s noose on Wednesday (Sept 13) when his drug trafficking charge was reduced to possession.

Abdul Salam Zainal Abidin was sentenced to 10 years and six months, and was also ordered to be given 10 strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to the drug possession charge before the Court of Appeal panel of judges.

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