Warden sent to the gallows for distributing drugs in Sungai Buloh prison

SHAH ALAM: A prison warden was sentenced to death by the High Court here after he was found guilty of distributing cannabis and methamphetamine weighing 410.07 grams in the Prison Complex, four years ago.

Judge Nurulhuda Nur'aini Md Nor meted out the sentence to Mohd Elmy Arif Hamid, 40, after the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt on the charge brought against the accused.

Mohd Elmy Arif was charged with distributing drugs at the Sungai Buloh Prison Complex at 11am on June 18, 2019, under Section 39B(1)(a) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which is punishable under Section 39B(2) of the same Act, which provides for the death sentence.