Appeals Court upholds man's 30-year jail term, 24 strokes of the cane for drug charges


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld the 30-year prison sentence imposed on a former hotel employee for two counts of trafficking cannabis and one count of possession, while ordering his caning punishment meted out in full.

A three-judge panel led by Justice Datuk Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali dismissed the appeal filed by Ilham Utama Sawai Suardi on Wednesday (May 28), maintaining the Seremban High Court's ruling that found him guilty of the offences.

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