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Death penalty 🇧🇳 Brunei

Brunei sentences a Malaysian to death for 922 g of cannabis

Lam Ming Hwa, a Malaysian national, was sentenced to death on 26 October 2004 for possessing 922.276 g of cannabis for trafficking. The case was one of Brunei's last cannabis death sentences before the 2017 case. No execution is known.[1][2]

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References

  1. Borneo Bulletin reprint — Lam Ming Hwa case (2004)26 October 2004; 922.276 g of cannabis.
  2. Hands Off Cain — Brunei Darussalam country profileDeath sentences imposed but not carried out.archived

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