[BITList] Drug Trial

[franka]

      Wish we would adopt these type of laws, since they hung two
      Australians in KL for drugs years ago they haven't needed to hang
      any more Australians which to my mind shows that as a deterrent it
      works

frank



      Mar 30, 2011


  3 Mexicans face hanging in Malaysia drug trial

KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - A LAWYER says three Mexican brothers arrested 
on suspicion of producing methamphetamine at a Malaysian factory face 
the death penalty if convicted of drug trafficking.

Prosecutor Umar Saifuddin Jaafar said Wednesday that the Kuala Lumpur 
High Court is scheduled to hear defense lawyers present their case in 
late April.

The three suspects were charged together with a Malaysian and a 
Singaporean in March 2008 with drug trafficking.

The offence carries a mandatory penalty of death by hanging on conviction.

All five were arrested at a factory in Malaysia's southern Johor state 
where police found more than 63 pounds (29 kilograms) of methamphetamine 
worth 44 million ringgit ($15 million).

The suspects' brother in Mexico has urged their country's government to 
help them in the case. -- AP
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