MALAYSIA: TWO CUSTOMS OFFICERS TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

October 9, 2012: In Malaysia, the High Court sentenced two Customs preventive officers to death by hanging after finding them guilty of trafficking in drugs last year.
Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab handed down the sentence on Ismail Mansor, 43, and Nazni Seman, 48, of the Kuala Perlis Anti-Smuggling Unit in Perlis.
The two men were found guilty of having trafficked in 6,705 grams of cannabis at the parking lot for lorries of a cement factory in Bukit Keteri, Padang Besar, Perlis, at 9.30pm on April 27 last year. 
Deputy public prosecutor Azhar Mokhtar appeared for the prosecution while the two men were represented by counsel Y. Anbananthan. 
Anbananthan said in mitigation that Nazni had served with the Customs for 17 years and Ismail for 14 years. (Sources: Bernama, 09/10/2012)