{
  "id": 3216834,
  "title": "Suami dijel seumur hidup, isteri bebas tuduhan edar 226.5kg ganja",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/suami-dijel-seumur-hidup-isteri-bebas-tuduhan-edar-226-5kg-ganja",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T06:35:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/08/25/suami-dijel-seumur-hidup-isteri-bebas-tuduhan-edar-226-5kg-ganja"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Supreme Court of Kuala Lumpur has handed down life imprisonment sentences to Faliq Amar Abdul Rahim, 31, for smuggling 226.5kg of cannabis four years ago, while his wife, Norsyafika Nazwa Nurizan, 33, was acquitted of the same charge. Justice Noor Ruwena Nurdin found Faliq guilty of two drug trafficking offenses in the final stages of his defense. \"The court found the accused first guilty and implicated him of offenses under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. The court imposes a life imprisonment sentence on him, with powers to add 12 months for each offense, totaling 24 months,\" he said. In a full hearing earlier this month, the judge acquitted Faliq's wife of the first charge after finding the prosecution failed to prove prima facie against her. The court also acquitted Norsyafika of the second charge after determining the accused had no control or management over the drugs and was merely an individual who knew about their existence, rather than a trafficker. For the first charge, Faliq and Norsyafika were accused of jointly smuggling 9.5kg of cannabis from the parking lot of a Sentul shopping center and for the second charge, they were accused of jointly smuggling 217kg of cannabis from a condominium. The offenses occurred between 7:50 PM and 8:25 PM on February 16, 2022. According to the facts of the case, Faliq exited his car carrying a black box towards the entrance of the shopping center, before being arrested by the police and returned to his car where his wife was sitting in the front passenger seat. Inspection of the box found 10 plastic bags containing cannabis. The police then raided their condominium unit and found 217kg of cannabis in various boxes, along with packaging and equipment used to process the drugs. Lawyer Afifuddin Ahmad Hafifi, Amirrul Jamaluddin, and Aina Melina Johan Ariff Lim represented the couple, while Deputy Public Prosecutor Shahrizzat Amadan represented the prosecution.",
  "summary": "Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur juga jatuhkan hukuman 24 sebatan terhadap Faliq Amar Abdul Rahim.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Suami dijel seumur hidup, isteri bebas tuduhan edar 226.5kg ganja",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/suami-dijel-seumur-hidup-isteri-bebas-tuduhan-edar-226-5kg-ganja-3220401",
        "published": "2026-08-25T06:35:28.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}