Labourer escapes gallows, gets 10 years prison for drug possession

PUTRAJAYA: A labourer escaped the gallows here on Wednesday when the Court of Appeal set aside his conviction and death sentence for trafficking 63.7 gms of Methamphetamine, eight years ago.

A panel of three judges led by Judge Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail convicted Ahmad Tajuddin Mansor, 56, for the offense of possessing the drug instead, and sentenced him to 10 years in prison, effective from the date of his arrest on June 29, 2016.