Cannabis oil seller escapes gallows for drug trafficking

A man who sold cannabis oil for medicinal purposes escaped the gallows after the Federal Court here today allowed his appeal to set aside his conviction for two counts of drug trafficking.

A three-member bench led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, however, substituted Muhammad Lukman Mohamad's charges to possession under Section 9 of the Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA)...