The 38-year-old now has to serve 15 years in jail and receive 10 strokes of the rotan.
The other judges on the panel, who handed down the unanimous judgment, were Federal Court judges Justices Ramly Ali, Rohana Yusuf, Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and Idrus Harun. According to the facts of the case, the police raided Zaireen’s home in Batu Pahat, Johor, in the early hours of Aug 27, 2014, following a tip-off.
The Muar High Court sentenced Zaireen to death for trafficking in 2014 and the decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal. “We are urging the court to impose a minimum jail sentence so that he can return to society,” he said, adding that Zaireen had promised not to repeat the offence.“Here the appellant Zaireen did not possess cannabis with intent“Rather his intentions were noble. He was helping people suffering from a variety of ailments where western medicine had no effect.