A PRISON warden was sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court after finding him guilty of distributing canabis and methamphetamine weighing 410.07g in the Sungai Buloh 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 doubts on the charge brought against the accused.

Elmy was charged with distributing drugs in the prison at 11am on June 18, 2019, under section 39B(1)(a) Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and can be punished under section 39B(2) of the same act, which provides for the death sentence.

The accused was also found guilty on four other charges of possessing various types of drugs, namely heroin (4.25g), monoacetylmorphines (1g), etilzolam (38.67g) and clozapine (50.80g) at the same location, time and date.

For the four offences, the court sentenced the accused to two years’ jail and three strokes of the cane for possessing heroin and a one-year prison term each for having in hand monoacetylmorphines and etilzolam, plus another six months for clozapine.

Nurulhuda ordered the punishment to be served simultaneously from the date of arrest, which was June 18, 2019.

The prosecution had a total of nine witnesses while the defence named three witnesses, including the accused, throughout the trial which started on August 24, 2021.

The prosecution was led by deputy public prosecutor Shahrul Ekhsan Hasim while Elmy was represented by Zameri Mat Nawang. – Bernama, January 31, 2023.