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MALAYSIA: NIGERIAN STUDENT TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
May 14, 2012: In Malaysia, the High Court sentenced a Nigerian man to the gallows after finding him guilty of drug trafficking two years ago.
Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab meted out the sentence on a student at a private Higher Learning Institution in Kuala Lumpur, James Kamara, 23, who was charged with trafficking cannabis weighing 18,810 grammes at the Shahab Perdana bus terminal, here, at 9.05pm on Sept 13, 2010.
The accused who was charged under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 was represented by Burhanudeen Abdul Wahid while prosecution was carried out by Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Sarah Dina Baharudin. (Sources: BERNAMA, 14/05/2012)
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